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labor-intensive

adjective

requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital

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cottage industries are labor intensive

• Syn: ↑labour-intensive

• Similar to: ↑effortful

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ˌlabour-inˈtensive [labour-intensive] (especially US ˌlabor-inˈtensive) adjective

(of work) needing a lot of people to do it

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labour-intensive methods

compare ↑capital-intensive

Useful english dictionary. 2012.