labour-intensive
adjective/ˌleɪbər ɪnˈtensɪv/
/ˌleɪbər ɪnˈtensɪv/
(US English labor-intensive)
- (of work) needing a lot of people to do it
- labour-intensive methods
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLabour-intensive/labor-intensive is used with these nouns:- industry
- manufacturing
- work
- …
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