laboured
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlabouredla‧boured British English, labored American English /ˈleɪbəd $ -bərd/ AWL adjective 1 WORK HARDif someone’s breathing is laboured, it is difficult for them to breathe2 if writing or speaking is laboured, it takes a lot of effort and is not good Some of the episodes are very laboured.