unskilled labour

  • 1labour — la‧bour [ˈleɪbə ǁ ər] , labor noun [uncountable] 1. work involving a lot of physical or mental effort: • The garage charges £65 an hour for labour. • those involved in repetitive, unskilled manual labour (= work that involves using your …

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  • 2unskilled — un‧skilled [ˌʌnˈskɪld◂] adjective HUMAN RESOURCES 1. an unskilled worker has not been trained for any job that needs special skills: • Half the plant s unskilled workers risk losing their jobs. • Unskilled labour costs four times as much in… …

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  • 3labour force — noun 1. The number of workers employed in an industry, factory, etc 2. The part of the population which is employed or available for work • • • Main Entry: ↑labour * * * labour force UK US noun [countable] usually singular [ …

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  • 4labour — labour1 W1S3 n BrE labor AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(workers)¦ 3¦(baby)¦ 4 a labour of love 5 somebody s labours ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(WORK)¦[U] work, especially physical work ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5labour — I UK [ˈleɪbə(r)] / US [ˈleɪbər] noun Word forms labour : singular labour plural labours *** 1) [uncountable] economics the workers in a particular country, industry, or company considered as a group the declining demand for labour in agriculture… …

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  • 6labour — 1 BrE, labor AmE noun 1 WORK (U) effort or work, especially physical work: The garage charges 30 an hour for labour. | manual labour (=work with tools you hold in your hands): Building still involves a lot of manual labour. | withdraw your labour …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7unskilled — un|skilled [ˌʌnˈskıld] adj 1.) an unskilled worker has not been trained for a particular type of job ▪ companies employing unskilled labour (=people who have no special training) 2.) unskilled work, jobs etc do not need people with special skills …

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  • 8unskilled — adjective 1 an unskilled worker has not been trained for a particular type of job: unskilled labour (=people who have no special training) 2 unskilled work, jobs etc do not need people with special skills compare skilled …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9unskilled — UK [ʌnˈskɪld] / US [ˌʌnˈskɪld] adjective working at a job that does not need much education, training, or experience unskilled workers a) used about jobs that unskilled people do unskilled labour b) unable to do a job that needs skill …

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  • 10labour process — Analysis of the labour process may be traced back to Karl Marx s interest in the means by which human labour is harnessed in the creation of products for human need. This process is seen to be socially organized and to vary historically between… …

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