Definitions
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- adjective Focusing on, requiring, or exacting a great deal of work or effort;
worksome ;labour-intensive .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Raptor expert Norman Smith has an effective, albeit work-intensive, method to protect migrating snowy owls that mistake Logan for frozen tundra.
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Raptor expert Norman Smith has an effective, albeit work-intensive, method to protect migrating snowy owls that mistake Logan for frozen tundra.
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I must insist, at the risk of seeming incredibly old media, that finding these customers is still a time-consuming, work-intensive process; it doesn't occur at the click of a mouse.
The Lazy Marketer's Guide to Generating WOM: Search Engines - Jory Des Jardins - MediaBizBlogger 2009
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Tying UCIAs to the budgetary process was a significant, and perhaps overly ambitious, action, as the formulation of the federal budget is one of the most important and work-intensive of the White House's tasks.
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Raptor expert Norman Smith has an effective, albeit work-intensive, method to protect migrating snowy owls that mistake Logan for frozen tundra.
Sustainable: Travel 2009
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Raptor expert Norman Smith has an effective, albeit work-intensive, method to protect migrating snowy owls that mistake Logan for frozen tundra.
Sustainable: Science 2009
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Classroom set-up is work-intensive at least for elementary, it is but so much fun!
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A third modifier would be the media, but to date media willingness to venture into the work-intensive area of ascertaining truth has been ambient at best.
Stephen C. Rose: FactCheck.Org Skewers McCain Again for Misrepresenting Obama Tax Positions 2008
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I must insist, at the risk of seeming incredibly old media, that finding these customers is still a time-consuming, work-intensive process; it doesn't occur at the click of a mouse.
The Lazy Marketer's Guide to Generating WOM: Search Engines - Jory Des Jardins - MediaBizBlogger 2008
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"It's a fairly hard period of time for them, and very work-intensive," says Werner Ohly, who was the subject director for the English seminar.
Before You Lead A German Class, You Really Must Know Your Stuff 2008
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