Work-intensive

Origin

From work + intensive.

Full definition of work-intensive

Adjective

1. Focusing on, requiring, or exacting a great deal of work or effort; worksome; labour-intensive.
• 1991, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, The Hero's Farewell:Highly work-intensive people seek to have a profound influence in shaping their society.
• 2004, José Canals-Cerdá, Cristóbal Ridao-Cano, The Dynamics of School and Work in Rural Bangladesh:We now focus our discussion on the DTU for the group of children who select into the less work-intensive sequence being compared.

Synonyms

• labor-intensive

Antonyms

• capital-intensive