work-intensive

adjective

Focusing on, requiring, or exacting a great deal of work or effort; worksome; labour-intensive.

Similar
labor-intensive
Opposite
capital-intensive
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Meanings

adjectivework-intensive (comparative more work-intensive, superlative most 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.

    Highly work-intensive people seek to have a profound influence in shaping their society.

    1991, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, The Hero's Farewell
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    We now focus our discussion on the DTU for the group of children who select into the less work-intensive sequence being compared.

    2004, José Canals-Cerdá, Cristóbal Ridao-Cano, The Dynamics of School and Work in Rural Bangladesh

    Synonyms: labor-intensive

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFocusing on, requiring, or exacting a great deal of work or effort; worksome; labour-intensive.

Similar
labor-intensive
Opposite
capital-intensive
Also see
labor-intensive

Origin

From work + intensive.

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APA

work-intensive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/work-intensive

MLA

“work-intensive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/work-intensive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “work-intensive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/work-intensive.

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