"labor-intensive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more labor-intensive [comparative], most labor-intensive [superlative]
Etymology: From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|labor|intensive}} labor + intensive Head templates: {{en-adj}} labor-intensive (comparative more labor-intensive, superlative most labor-intensive)
  1. (American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital. Tags: US Synonyms: work-intensive, labour-intensive [UK] Derived forms: labor-intensiveness Translations (requiring a great deal of work): працаёмкі (pracajómki) (Belarusian), 勞動密集型 (Chinese Mandarin), 劳动密集型 (láodòng mìjíxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), arbejdsintensiv (Danish), arbejdskraftintensiv (Danish), arbeidsintensief (Dutch), työintensiivinen (Finnish), arbeitsintensiv (German), εντάσεως εργασίας (entáseos ergasías) (Greek), έντασης εργασίας (éntasis ergasías) (Greek), munkaigényes (Hungarian), padat karya (Indonesian), intensif buruh (Malay), pracochłonny [masculine] (Polish), трудоёмкий (trudojómkij) (Russian), arbetsintensiv (Swedish), трудомістки́й (trudomistkýj) (Ukrainian)
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          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
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          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
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          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
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      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
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      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "εντάσεως εργασίας"
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      "roman": "éntasis ergasías",
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      "word": "έντασης εργασίας"
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      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "munkaigényes"
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      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
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      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "arbetsintensiv"
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      "roman": "trudomistkýj",
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