As economy develops, labor-intensive industries give way to capital-intensive industries.
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Labor-intensive
Synonyms for "labor-intensive" (3 found)
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16 translations across 14 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- працаёмкі adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 勞動密集型 /劳动密集型 adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Danish
2 entries- arbejdsintensiv adj (requiring a great deal of work)
- arbejdskraftintensiv adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Dutch
1 entries- arbeidsintensief adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Finnish
1 entries- työintensiivinen adj (requiring a great deal of work)
German
1 entries- arbeitsintensiv adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Greek
2 entries- έντασης εργασίας adj (requiring a great deal of work)
- εντάσεως εργασίας adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Hungarian
1 entries- munkaigényes adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Indonesian
1 entries- padat karya adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Malay
1 entries- intensif buruh adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Polish
1 entries- pracochłonny adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Russian
1 entries- трудоёмкий adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Swedish
1 entries- arbetsintensiv adj (requiring a great deal of work)
Ukrainian
1 entries- трудомістки́й adj (requiring a great deal of work)
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This task is labor-intensive.
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Algeria needs to develop its labor-intensive economy.
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Algeria needs to become a labor-intensive economy.
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