Time-consuming

Quick meaning: Time-consuming is an adjective meaning Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner.

Meaning

Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner.

Example Sentences

The de minimis exemption, as it’s known, allowed shipments of goods worth $800 or less to come into the United States duty-free, often more or less skipping time-consuming inspections and paperwork.

The aluminothermic method generates extreme heat using a chemical reaction, and melts both rail ends creating a bond using liquid metal. It's a time-consuming process and requires highly skilled railway engineers to carry it out.

However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.

Synonyms for time-consuming

Depending on context, synonyms include chronophagous, time-intensive, time-taking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tedious, slow-moving, slow, difficult, tiresome, cumbersome.

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