overlaboured
adjective
UK(alsoover-laboured);(USoverlabored)uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ.bəd/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈleɪ.bɚd/Something that is overlabouredtriestoo hard to be good,interesting, etc. :
Themetaphorof love'sgameneversoundsoverlaboured.
Themenusoundsa little over-laboured, a little toocomplicated, andlackinginfoodswe haveheardof.
- He has aslightlyoverlabouredstyleof writing whichsoundsboth toomanneredand tootransparent.
- Herclothesare alwayselaborate, but never overlaboured.
- Although in someplacesa littleobscureand overlaboured, thedescriptivepassagesaresoftandbeautiful.
Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- banal
- basic
- be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
- bland
- lifelessness
- marginal
- marmoreal
- meh
- menial
- slow
- soulless
- spinach
- staid
- stale
- staleness
- stuffy
- tame
- turgid
- worthy