labor-intensive

• Describe un proceso, actividad o industria que requiere una gran cantidad de trabajo humano y esfuerzo en comparación con el capital o la maquinaria.

Describes a process or industry that requires a large amount of human work and effort relative to capital or machinery.

1. Requiring much manual workB2formal

   Describing a process or industry that needs a large amount of human effort and time, often with less reliance on machinery or automation.

   intensivo en mano de obra

   • Harvesting crops by hand is a labor-intensive task.
   • The construction of the cathedral was extremely labor-intensive.
   • Small-scale farming is often more labor-intensive than large agribusiness.

   Sinónimosarduousbackbreakingeffortfullaboriousstrenuous

   Antónimosautomatedmechanized