labor-intensive

• Descreve um processo ou setor que exige grande quantidade de mão de obra e esforço humano em relação ao capital ou à tecnologia. Também pode se referir a algo que demanda muito trabalho e esforço.

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 em mão 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.

   Sinônimosarduousbackbreakingeffortfullaboriousstrenuous

   Antônimosautomatedmechanized