Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

labor-intensive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: labor-in-ten-sive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Picking beans is a very labor-intensive activity, there's no machine made that can do it."

Etymology

From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more labor-intensive (comparative) most labor-intensive (superlative) labour-intensive (alternative)

Phrases

labor-intensiveness

Synonyms

work-intensive labour-intensive

Antonyms

capital-intensive

Questions

What does labor-intensive mean?: Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.
Where does labor-intensive come from?: From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.

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