time-consuming

See also: timeconsuming

English

Adjective

time-consuming (comparative more time-consuming, superlative most time-consuming)

1. Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner.
   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:

     However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.

Synonyms

• chronophagous (rare)
• time-intensive (neutral form)
• time-taking (dated)

Derived terms

• time-consumingly

Translations

requiring significant amounts of time

Arabic: مُسْتَغْرِق وَقْتًا طَوِيلًا (mustaḡriq waqtan ṭawīlan) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: які́ патрабу́е шмат ча́су (jakí patrabúje šmat čásu) Chinese: Mandarin: 耗時的 / 耗时的 (zh) (hàoshí de), 耗費時間的 / 耗费时间的 (hàofèi shíjiān de) Czech: časově náročný Danish: tidskrævende, tidsrøvende Dutch: tijdrovend (nl) Estonian: aeganõudev Finnish: aikaavievä French: chronophage (fr) German: zeitaufwendig (de), zeitraubend (de) Greek: χρονοβόρος (el) (chronovóros) Hungarian: időigényes (hu) Italian: dispendioso (it), che richiede molto tempo Japanese: 時間のかかる (じかんのかかる, jikan no kakaru) Korean: 많은 시간이 걸리다 (maneun sigan-i geollida), 시간이 많이 걸리다 (sigan-i mani geollida) Lithuanian: reikalaujantis daug laiko Norwegian: Bokmål: tidkrevende, tidskrevende Nynorsk: tidkrevjande, tidkrevande Occitan: cronofague m or f Polish: czasochłonny (pl) Portuguese: moroso (pt) Romanian: consumator de timp, cronofag (informal) Russian: тре́бующий мно́го вре́мени (trébujuščij mnógo vrémeni) Spanish: dispendioso (es), dispendio (es) Swedish: tidskrävande (sv), tidsödande (sv) Ukrainian: яки́й вимага́є бага́то ча́су (jakýj vymaháje baháto čásu) Urdu: وقت طلب (vaqt-talab)