labor-intensive
labor-intensive · more labor-intensive · most labor-intensive
трудомісткий
трудоёмкий
arbeitsintensiv
Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capitalRequiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.
Meaning
1 senses(US)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.
arbeitsintensiv
трудоёмкийtrudojómkij
трудомістки́йtrudomistkýj
More definitions
- requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
requiring a great deal of work:
Русский
By meaning 1
requiring a great deal of work:
Deutsch
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requiring a great deal of work:
Origin
From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.
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Forms
more labor-intensive, most labor-intensive| Comparative | more labor-intensive Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most labor-intensive Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital:labour-intensive
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedlabor-intensiveness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form