Related Words for time-consuming

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strung out
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Phrase, Adjective
expensive
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Adjective
engrossing
x/x
Noun
long
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Adjective
dragging
/x
Verb
trying
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Verb
longtime
/x
Adjective
lengthy
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Adjective
wearisome
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Adjective
protracted
x/x
Adjective
wearing
/x
Verb
infuriating
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Adjective
arduous
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Adjective
intensive
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Adjective
cloying
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Adjective
wordy
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Adjective
grinding
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Noun
repetitious
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Adjective
chronic
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Adjective
surgical
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Adjective
stretching
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Verb
invasive
x/x
Adjective
tiresome
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Adjective
stressful
/x
Adjective
obsessive
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Adjective
taxing
/x
Noun
exhausting
x/x
Adjective
inordinate
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Adjective
hard
/
Adjective
harried
/x
Adjective
abused
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Adjective
overused
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Adjective
exacting
x/x
Adjective
busy
/x
Adjective
frequent
/x
Adjective
exigent
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Adjective
overworked
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Adjective
laboured
/x
Verb
intense
x/
Adjective
bruising
/x
Noun
insistent
x/x
Adjective
besetting
x/x
Verb
undue
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Adjective
exasperating
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Adjective
overwrought
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Adjective
fussy
/x
Adjective
fulsome
/x
Adjective
usurious
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Adjective
obtrusive
x/x
Adjective
weary
/x
Adjective
inveterate
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Adjective
fretful
/x
Adjective
tautological
/x/xx
Adjective
overmuch
/x/
Adjective
troubling
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Adjective
tortured
/x
Adjective
too much
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Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
excessive
x/x
Adjective
fancy
/x
Noun
exhaustive
x/x
Adjective
outrageous
x/x
Adjective
oppressive
x/x
Adjective
idolatrous
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Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
redundant
x/x
Adjective
fraught
/
Noun
overly
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Adverb
thick
/
Adjective
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
burdensome
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Adjective
costly
/x
Adjective
cumbersome
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Adjective
dace
/
Noun
delayed
x/
Adjective
delinquent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
difficult
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Adjective, Verb
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
enduring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extended
x/x
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
hardworking
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Adjective
industrious
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Adjective
laborious
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Adjective
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
onerous
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Adjective
painstaking
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Noun, Adjective
prolonged
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Adjective
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
sluggish
/x
Adjective
sustained
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Adjective
tedious
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Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
anymore
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Adverb
get
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Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun