labor-intensive
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- labour-intensive (UK)
Etymology[edit]
From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.
Adjective[edit]
labor-intensive (comparative more labor-intensive, superlative most labor-intensive)
- (American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.
- Picking beans is a very labor-intensive activity, there's no machine made that can do it.
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Translations[edit]
requiring a great deal of work
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References[edit]
- “labor-intensive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.