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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. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 labour-intensive labor-intensive (Am) [ˈleɪbərɪnˌtɛnsɪv] adj → che assorbe molta manodopera How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Aged care is very labour-intensive, yet nurses spend an enormous amount of time simply walking around looking for something they need, or for a colleague to help lift a resident,' she said. The despotic regime used coercive control, pays below minimum wages, utilizes traditional labour-intensive assembly-line production methods and suffers from an adversarial and unstable work environment. Aviation is a very capital and labour-intensive activity," he says. |
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