labour-intensive

labour-intensive

adj

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

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

labour-intensive - requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital; "cottage industries are labor intensive" labor-intensive effortful - requiring great physical effort

Translations

labour-intensive labor-intensive (US) [ˈleɪbərɪnˈtensɪv] ADJ → que emplea mucha mano de obra
labour-intensive industry → industria f que emplea mucha mano de obra

labour-intensive, (US) labor-intensive

adj → arbeitsintensiv

labour-intensive labor-intensive (Am) [ˈleɪbərɪnˌtɛnsɪv] adj → che assorbe molta manodopera