labor-intensive
adjective
la·bor-in·ten·sive
ˈlā-bər-in-ˌten(t)-siv 
: having high labor costs per unit of output
especially
: requiring greater expenditure on labor than in capital
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In shipping, before Malcom McLean’s innovation in the 1950s, transporting goods was labor-intensive and expensive.
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Mika Newton, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Thousands of these labor-intensive operations are at risk if decoupling is approved to benefit one foreign company.
—Mark Casse, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
But the program is labor-intensive for universities to run.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
By harnessing the power of lasers, artificial intelligence and advanced robotics, the G2 offers an alternative to traditional herbicides and labor-intensive manual weeding.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Mika Newton, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Thousands of these labor-intensive operations are at risk if decoupling is approved to benefit one foreign company.
—Mark Casse, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
But the program is labor-intensive for universities to run.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
By harnessing the power of lasers, artificial intelligence and advanced robotics, the G2 offers an alternative to traditional herbicides and labor-intensive manual weeding.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for labor-intensive
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“Labor-intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor-intensive. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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