labor-intensive
la·bor–in·ten·sive
adjective \ˈlā-bər-in-ˌten(t)-siv\: requiring a lot of work or workers to produce
Full Definition of LABOR-INTENSIVE
: having high labor costs per unit of output; especially : requiring greater expenditure on labor than in capital
See First Known Use of LABOR-INTENSIVE
1953
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