Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Taking up much time.
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- adjective Requiring significant amounts of time.
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- adjective of a task that takes time and patience
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Examples
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But on that day, as Allen began asking for roll call votes and other time-consuming formalities, the seconds began drying up.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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But on that day, as Allen began asking for roll call votes and other time-consuming formalities, the seconds began drying up.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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But on that day, as Allen began asking for roll call votes and other time-consuming formalities, the seconds began drying up.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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To understand the depth of the cultural divide at work here, consider that most Americans under age seventy-five would find even the idea of pronouncing the entire word discotheque too time-consuming.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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To understand the depth of the cultural divide at work here, consider that most Americans under age seventy-five would find even the idea of pronouncing the entire word discotheque too time-consuming.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The most time-consuming dish was the dry-fried green beans.
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Cooking Revolutionary Chinese Food Stacie Nevadomski Berdan 2012
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The most time-consuming dish was the dry-fried green beans.
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Cooking Revolutionary Chinese Food Stacie Nevadomski Berdan 2012
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Proper hand washing is very time-consuming, but even doing minimalist sanitizing between patients would add up to a third of staff time being spent washing.
Wray Herbert: Hand Washing: A Deadly Dilemma Wray Herbert 2012
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The most time-consuming dish was the dry-fried green beans.
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Cooking Revolutionary Chinese Food Stacie Nevadomski Berdan 2012
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The most time-consuming dish was the dry-fried green beans.
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Cooking Revolutionary Chinese Food Stacie Nevadomski Berdan 2012
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