Labor-intensive

Alternative forms

• labour-intensive UK

Origin

From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.

Full definition of labor-intensive

Adjective

1. 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

Anagrams

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