labor-intensive

English

Alternative forms

labour-intensive (UK)

Etymology

From labor +‎ intensive. Compare work-intensive.

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

work-intensive

Antonyms

capital-intensive

Translations

requiring a great deal of work

Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞動密集型, 劳动密集型 (láodòng mìjíxíng)
Danish: arbejdsintensiv, arbejdskraftintensiv
Finnish: työintensiivinen
French: please add this translation if you can

Polish: pracochłonny (pl) m
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: трудоёмкий (ru) (trudojómkij)
Swedish: arbetsintensiv

References

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Anagrams

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