work-intensive

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From work +‎ intensive.

Adjective[edit]

work-intensive (comparative more work-intensive, superlative most work-intensive)

  1. Focusing on, requiring, or exacting a great deal of work or effort; worksome; labour-intensive.
    • 1991, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, The Hero's Farewell:
      Highly work-intensive people seek to have a profound influence in shaping their society.
    • 2004, José Canals-Cerdá, Cristóbal Ridao-Cano, The Dynamics of School and Work in Rural Bangladesh:
      We now focus our discussion on the DTU for the group of children who select into the less work-intensive sequence being compared.

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Translations[edit]

labor-intensive — see labor-intensive
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