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time-consuming

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

of a task that takes time and patience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسْتَغْرِق وَقْتًا طَوِيلًا (mustaḡriq waqtan ṭawīlan) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Belarusian: які́ патрабу́е шмат ча́су (jakí patrabúje šmat čásu) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耗時的 /耗时的 (hàoshí de) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耗費時間的 /耗费时间的 (hàofèi shíjiān de) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Czech: časově náročný — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Danish: tidskrævende — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Danish: tidsrøvende — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Dutch: tijdrovend — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Estonian: aeganõudev — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Finnish: aikaavievä — requiring significant amounts of time
  • French: chronophage — requiring significant amounts of time
  • German: zeitaufwendig — requiring significant amounts of time
  • German: zeitraubend — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Greek: χρονοβόρος (chronovóros) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Hungarian: időigényes — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Italian: dispendioso — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Italian: che richiede molto tempo — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Japanese: 時間のかかる (jikan no kakaru) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Korean: 많은 시간이 걸리다 (maneun sigan-i geollida) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Korean: 시간이 많이 걸리다 (sigan-i mani geollida) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Lithuanian: reikalaujantis daug laiko — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tidkrevende — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tidskrevende — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tidkrevjande — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tidkrevande — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Occitan: cronofague — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Polish: czasochłonny — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Portuguese: moroso — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Romanian: consumator de timp — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Romanian: cronofag — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Russian: тре́бующий мно́го вре́мени (trébujuščij mnógo vrémeni) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Spanish: dispendioso — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Swedish: tidskrävande — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Swedish: tidsödande — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Ukrainian: яки́й вимага́є бага́то ча́су (jakýj vymaháje baháto čásu) — requiring significant amounts of time
  • Urdu: وقت طلب (vaqt-talab) — requiring significant amounts of time
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