noun, noun-modifying (irregular)
labour-intensive
Used in economic and business contexts to describe industries, processes, or methods that require a large amount of human labour relative to capital.
農業は労働集約的な産業だ。
Agriculture is a labour-intensive industry.
この工場では労働集約型の生産方法を採用している。
This factory employs labour-intensive production methods.
Capital-intensive; the opposite concept, relying more on machinery and equipment than on labour.
Compound of 労働 (labour) and 集約 (intensive, concentrated).