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laborsaving

or la·bor-sav·ing

[ ley-ber-sey-ving ]
/ ˈleɪ bərˌseɪ vɪŋ /
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adjective
designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
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Origin of laborsaving

First recorded in 1765–75; labor + saving

Words nearby laborsaving

labor of love, labor omnia vincit, labor pains, Labor Party, labor relations, laborsaving, labors of Hercules, labor spy, labor union, labor unionist, labour
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Words related to laborsaving

automated, automatic, cold, cursory, emotionless, fixed, habitual, impersonal, instinctive, involuntary, lifeless, matter-of-fact, monotonous, perfunctory, programmed, routine, spiritless, standardized, stereotyped, unchanging

How to use laborsaving in a sentence

  • The agricultural papers and agricultural fairs had not succeeded in popularizing these great laborsaving devices.

    The Age of Big Business|Burton J. Hendrick
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