"labor-intensive" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "capital-intensive"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "labor",
        "3": "intensive"
      },
      "expansion": "labor + intensive",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "work-intensive"
      },
      "expansion": "work-intensive",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more labor-intensive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most labor-intensive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "labor-intensive (comparative more labor-intensive, superlative most labor-intensive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "labor-intensiveness"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Picking beans is a very labor-intensive activity, there's no machine made that can do it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital."
      ],
      "id": "en-labor-intensive-en-adj-zWdlZBWL",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "manual",
          "manual"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "work-intensive"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "labour-intensive"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "勞動密集型"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "láodòng mìjíxíng",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "劳动密集型"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "arbejdsintensiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "arbejdskraftintensiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "arbeidsintensief"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "työintensiivinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "arbeitsintensiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "entáseos ergasías",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "εντάσεως εργασίας"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "éntasis ergasías",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "έντασης εργασίας"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "padat karya"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "intensif buruh"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pracochłonny"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trudojómkij",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "трудоёмкий"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
          "word": "arbetsintensiv"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "labor-intensive"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "capital-intensive"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "labor-intensiveness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "labor",
        "3": "intensive"
      },
      "expansion": "labor + intensive",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "work-intensive"
      },
      "expansion": "work-intensive",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more labor-intensive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most labor-intensive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "labor-intensive (comparative more labor-intensive, superlative most labor-intensive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English forms",
        "English adjectives",
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Picking beans is a very labor-intensive activity, there's no machine made that can do it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "manual",
          "manual"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "work-intensive"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "labour-intensive"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "勞動密集型"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "láodòng mìjíxíng",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "劳动密集型"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "arbejdsintensiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "arbejdskraftintensiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "arbeidsintensief"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "työintensiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "arbeitsintensiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "entáseos ergasías",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "εντάσεως εργασίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éntasis ergasías",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "έντασης εργασίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "padat karya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "intensif buruh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pracochłonny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trudojómkij",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "трудоёмкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "requiring a great deal of work",
      "word": "arbetsintensiv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "labor-intensive"
}