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time-consuming en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner.
   • 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. 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:
   • 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. 2026 March 18, Peter Plisner, “Tackling broken rails: the skills and technology improving safety”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 29:
   • 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. 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

time-consumingly

Synonyms

chronophagous · time-intensive · time-taking

Translations (36)

ko 시간이 많이 걸리다 (requiring significant amounts of time) · nn tidkrevjande (requiring significant amounts of time) · cs časově náročný (requiring significant amounts of time) · pl czasochłonny (requiring significant amounts of time) · ro cronofag (requiring significant amounts of time) · hu időigényes (requiring significant amounts of time) · it dispendioso (requiring significant amounts of time) · es dispendioso (requiring significant amounts of time) · ru тре́бующий мно́го вре́мени (requiring significant amounts of time) · oc cronofague (requiring significant amounts of time) · de zeitraubend (requiring significant amounts of time) · ko 많은 시간이 걸리다 (requiring significant amounts of time) · lt reikalaujantis daug laiko (requiring significant amounts of time) · ar مُسْتَغْرِق وَقْتًا طَوِيلًا (requiring significant amounts of time) · be які́ патрабу́е шмат ча́су (requiring significant amounts of time) · ro consumator de timp (requiring significant amounts of time) · cmn 耗時的 /耗时的 (requiring significant amounts of time) · et aeganõudev (requiring significant amounts of time) · da tidskrævende (requiring significant amounts of time) · nb tidskrevende (requiring significant amounts of time) · uk яки́й вимага́є бага́то ча́су (requiring significant amounts of time) · ja 時間のかかる (requiring significant amounts of time) · cmn 耗費時間的 /耗费时间的 (requiring significant amounts of time) · sv tidsödande (requiring significant amounts of time) · nn tidkrevande (requiring significant amounts of time) · da tidsrøvende (requiring significant amounts of time) · sv tidskrävande (requiring significant amounts of time) · fi aikaavievä (requiring significant amounts of time) · fr chronophage (requiring significant amounts of time) · ur وقت طلب (requiring significant amounts of time) · nb tidkrevende (requiring significant amounts of time) · pt moroso (requiring significant amounts of time) · el χρονοβόρος (requiring significant amounts of time) · it che richiede molto tempo (requiring significant amounts of time) · nl tijdrovend (requiring significant amounts of time) · de zeitaufwendig (requiring significant amounts of time)