laborsaving

or la·bor-sav·ing

[ ley-ber-sey-ving ]
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adjective
  1. designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.

Origin of laborsaving

1
First recorded in 1765–75; labor + saving

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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