Laborious and Passive

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Laborious adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

Usage example: the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach

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Passive is an antonym for laborious.

Passive adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.

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Laborious is an antonym for passive.

Nearby Words: passivity, passively, passible, passivation

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