light-duty

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light-duty (not comparable)

  1. Designed to withstand relatively moderate use, load, or stress.
    Antonym: heavy-duty
  2. (of work) Less physically or mentally demanding than the usual kind.
    • 2014 December 3, Editorial Board, “Supreme Court should affirm the rights of pregnant workers”, in The Los Angeles Times[1]:
      Women should not be penalized or forced out of the workplace simply because they become pregnant. UPS, in fact, has come around to that position. It now offers light-duty accommodations to pregnant women who need them.

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