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Definition of labour-intensive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

labour-intensive

adjective
 
/ˌleɪbər ɪnˈtensɪv/
 
/ˌleɪbər ɪnˈtensɪv/
(US English labor-intensive)
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  1. (of work) needing a lot of people to do it
    • labour-intensive methods
    compare capital-intensiveTopics Working lifec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLabour-intensive/​labor-intensive is used with these nouns:
    • industry
    • manufacturing
    • work
    • …
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