time-consuming

[ tahym-kuhn-soo-ming ]
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adjective
  1. (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.

Origin of time-consuming

1
First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby time-consuming

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British Dictionary definitions for time-consuming

time-consuming

adjective
  1. taking up or involving a great deal of time

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