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.
Agriculture is a labour-intensive industry.
This factory employs labour-intensive production methods.
Capital-intensive; the opposite concept, relying more on machinery and equipment than on labour.
labor-intensive industry
Compound of 労働 (labour) and 集約 (intensive, concentrated).