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labor-intensive

adj

Etymology

From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.

  1. derived from *tend-✻ — “to extend, stretch”
  2. derived from intēnsus — “attentive; eager, intent; intensive”
  3. derived from intēnsīvus
  4. derived from intensif
  5. inherited from intensive — “fervent, great, intense”
  6. compounded as labor-intensive — “labor + intensive”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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