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labor-intensive en · ADJ

Etymology

From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.

Meanings

  1. (US) 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.

Forms

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most labor-intensive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more labor-intensive Degree=Cmp lexicographic
labour-intensive alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

capital-intensive

Deriveds

labor-intensiveness

Synonyms

work-intensive

Translations (16)

id padat karya (requiring a great deal of work) · ru трудоёмкий (requiring a great deal of work) · da arbejdskraftintensiv (requiring a great deal of work) · pl pracochłonny (requiring a great deal of work) · el εντάσεως εργασίας (requiring a great deal of work) · uk трудомістки́й (requiring a great deal of work) · nl arbeidsintensief (requiring a great deal of work) · ms intensif buruh (requiring a great deal of work) · el έντασης εργασίας (requiring a great deal of work) · sv arbetsintensiv (requiring a great deal of work) · fi työintensiivinen (requiring a great deal of work) · da arbejdsintensiv (requiring a great deal of work) · cmn 勞動密集型 /劳动密集型 (requiring a great deal of work) · be працаёмкі (requiring a great deal of work) · de arbeitsintensiv (requiring a great deal of work) · hu munkaigényes (requiring a great deal of work)