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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Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
Checking them off your spring-cleaning to-do list now will clear the way for more labor-intensive deep-cleaning tasks down the line.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
Spring cleaning doesn’t have to be a labor-intensive process.
—Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Since governments mostly provide labor-intensive services like education, policing, and health care, their budgets will inevitably be squeezed by cost disease.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
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 15 Apr. 2026.
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