What does labor-intensive mean?
Labor-intensive means (American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital..
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(American spelling) 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.
Use labor-intensive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Labor-intensive means (American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital..
Common synonyms include work-intensive.
Possible antonyms include capital-intensive.
Picking beans is a very labor-intensive activity, there's no machine made that can do it.
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