labor-intensive
adjective
la·bor-in·ten·sive
ˈlā-bər-in-ˌten(t)-siv 
: having high labor costs per unit of output
especially
: requiring greater expenditure on labor than in capital
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From the point of sale to cash being deposited into a retailer's bank account, cash handling is often plagued by manual processes that are slow, error-prone and labor-intensive.
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Joe Arrage, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Sugar cane, another labor-intensive good whose production was disrupted by the Civil War, soon followed.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
This makes a migration away from VMware complex and labor-intensive, potentially increasing costs even more.
—Will Townsend, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
An alternative to chemical treatments and labor-intensive cleaning methods, stocking the canals with the white amur fish is a natural solution to cleaning up the aquatic vegetation that could clog up canals critical to the region’s water supply.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
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Joe Arrage, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Sugar cane, another labor-intensive good whose production was disrupted by the Civil War, soon followed.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
This makes a migration away from VMware complex and labor-intensive, potentially increasing costs even more.
—Will Townsend, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
An alternative to chemical treatments and labor-intensive cleaning methods, stocking the canals with the white amur fish is a natural solution to cleaning up the aquatic vegetation that could clog up canals critical to the region’s water supply.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Labor-intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor-intensive. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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