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labour-intensive

adjective
adjective
BrE BrE//ˌleɪbər ɪnˈtensɪv//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌleɪbər ɪnˈtensɪv//
(especially US English labor-intensive) Describing work
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(of work) needing a lot of people to do it labour-intensive methods compare capital-intensive Oxford Collocations DictionaryLabour-intensive/​labor-intensive is used with these nouns: industry, manufacturing, work, … See full entry See related entries: Describing work
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