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1. labor-intensive
adjective. requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital.
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Etymology
- intensive (English)
- labor (English)
Rhymes with Labor Intensive
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- counteroffensive
- hypertensive
- apprehensive
- inoffensive
- extensive
- expensive
- defensive
- offensive
- pensive
Sentences with labor-intensive
1. Noun Phrase
Manually assembled pallets are labor intensive.
2. Noun Phrase
Because pallet making can be very labor intensive, manufacturers have developed fully automated pallet-building machines.
3. Noun Phrase
Take your vitamins before you paint a concrete floor with epoxy paint; the job is labor intensive.
2. intensive
adjective. ['ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv'] characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form.
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3. intensive
noun. ['ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv'] a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
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4. labor
noun. ['ˈleɪbɝ'] a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
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5. labor
noun. ['ˈleɪbɝ'] productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
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6. labor
7. labor
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8. labor
noun. ['ˈleɪbɝ'] any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
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- endurance contest
- large order
- tall order
- escapade
- no-brainer
- walkover
- dangerous undertaking
- proposition
- child's play
- piece of cake
- risky venture
- work
- picnic
- breeze
- assignment
- marathon
- undertaking
- labor of love
- project
- enterprise
- duck soup
- endeavour
- endeavor
- cinch
- task
- pushover
- labour of love
- venture
- baby
- adventure
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9. Labor
noun. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913.
10. labor
noun. ['ˈleɪbɝ'] concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.