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labor-intensive

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Requiring or having a large expenditure of labor in comparison to capital.

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  • adjective Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort.

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  • adjective requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital

Etymologies

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From labor +‎ intensive. Compare work-intensive.

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