labor-intensive

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labor-intensive

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From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.

adjective more labor-intensive · most labor-intensive · labour-intensive

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.
Similar: work-intensive

Opposite: capital-intensive

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adjective

Opposite: capital-intensive

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adj requiring a great deal of work

中文	勞動密集型 /劳动密集型 láodòng mìjíxíng
Deutsch	arbeitsintensiv
Ελληνικά	εντάσεως εργασίας entáseos ergasías, έντασης εργασίας éntasis ergasías
Русский	трудоёмкий trudojómkij

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@misc{labor_intensive_2026,
  title = {labor-intensive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/labor-intensive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}