time-consuming
adjective
time-con·sum·ing
ˈtīm-kən-ˈsü-miŋ 
1
: using or taking up a great deal of time
time-consuming chores
2
: wasteful of time
time-consuming tactics
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Patients often wait until the doctor is standing up to leave before blurting out their real concern, which is typically a sensitive or time-consuming problem, such as wanting to start birth control, having painful periods, or worrying about pregnancy or STDs.
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Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
At the very least, the government can mire the university in many costly and time-consuming investigations.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Mayor Ellen Kamei said the goal is to simplify the costly and time-consuming process currently required to select a partner, rather than to stop working with nonprofit developers altogether.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The likelihood of children having long-term complications that require expensive or time-consuming medical care and resources increases; stress on parents, caregivers and local hospitals builds and, in the worst case, children die or become permanently disabled.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
At the very least, the government can mire the university in many costly and time-consuming investigations.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Mayor Ellen Kamei said the goal is to simplify the costly and time-consuming process currently required to select a partner, rather than to stop working with nonprofit developers altogether.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The likelihood of children having long-term complications that require expensive or time-consuming medical care and resources increases; stress on parents, caregivers and local hospitals builds and, in the worst case, children die or become permanently disabled.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Time-consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-consuming. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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