Laborious and Simple

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Laborious adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.

Usage example: the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spill

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Simple is an antonym for laborious in topics: forced, hard, hardworking.

Simple adjective - Involving minimal difficulty or effort.

Usage example: I got all of the answers right because it was such a simple test

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Laborious is an antonym for simple.

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