labour-intensive

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adjective

of or denoting a task, organization, industry, etc, in which a high proportion of the costs are due to wages, salaries, etc

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Words nearby labour-intensive

labour camp, Labour Day, laboured, labourer, labour exchange, labour-intensive, labourism, labourist, Labourite, labour law, Labour party

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How to use labour-intensive in a sentence

They were finally accepted by a Labour Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins, in 1967.
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In fact, he taught the most intensive artillery course in the South and very likely the equal of courses at West Point.
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His son, Lennon James Picco—Chris is a massive Beatles fan—was put in intensive care but was never likely to survive.
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A senior Labour Party MP scoffed at what he suggested was faulty logic.
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She frequently works with people with multiple intensive needs, like the students at Stephen Knolls School.
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Great was the surprise of Alf at the honour and labour thus thrust upon him, but he did not shrink from it.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Michael Allcroft returned to his duties, tuned for labour, full of courage, and the spirit of enterprise and action.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Here again we have the landscape of Lorraine and the eternal and infinitely varied theme of rural labour.
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This would reduce the available time for direct manual labour at his disposal.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various