laborious

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“While we have tried to simplify the underlying concepts behind the Ontology model, building and implementing an Ontology in a large enterprise is a laborious process,” the analysts say.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The pharma giants will still have other moats, notably the laborious regulatory and testing regime as well as distribution.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Yet if the rise to peak Iranian power in 2023 was laborious, the descent from it has been swift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

And sometimes, that extra bit of effort just seems too laborious.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

Other instances are Eli Whitney’s 1794 invention of his cotton gin to replace laborious hand cleaning of cotton grown in the U.S.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond