belabor
verb
, bē-\
Definition of belabor
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Synonyms & Antonyms for belabor
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Antonyms
disregard, forget, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over)
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Gillett and Bettinelli-Olpin have a lot of fun with those ideas without belaboring them too much. — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, "From Midsommar's director's cut to Don't Let Go, 13 movies to see this Labor Day weekend," 30 Aug. 2019 Instead of belaboring, with tedious exposition, the specifics of a culture and setting that are rare, if not unique in cinema, the director turns in the opposite direction. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Review: ‘The Third Wife’ is a story told with deft, lush strokes," 27 June 2019 Tell her a piece of good news, like a job promotion, and her first impulse is to belabor how bad job security is, how much hard work managing people might be, etc. — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, "Mom’s negativity impacts mental health," 24 June 2019 Gillett and Bettinelli-Olpin have a lot of fun with those ideas without belaboring them too much. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Ready or Not offers splattery black comedy with real socio-political bite," 20 Aug. 2019 Of course, there's no audience as in SNL to point out where the jokes are — if there are jokes there — but too many belabor the easy and obvious. — Irv Letofsky, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Daily Show' First Episode: THR's 1996 Review," 22 July 2019 Tell her a piece of good news, like a job promotion, and her first impulse is to belabor how bad job security is, how much hard work managing people might be, etc. — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, "Mom’s negativity impacts mental health," 24 June 2019 Tell her a piece of good news, like a job promotion, and her first impulse is to belabor how bad job security is, how much hard work managing people might be, etc. — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, "Carolyn Hax: She turns my good news into something bad," 24 June 2019 Tell her a piece of good news, such as a job promotion, and her first impulse is to belabor how bad job security is, how much hard work managing people might be, etc. — Washington Post, "Carolyn Hax: You and your constantly negative mom may have more in common than it seems," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'belabor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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