"time-consuming" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more time-consuming [comparative], most time-consuming [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} time-consuming (comparative more time-consuming, superlative most time-consuming)
  1. Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner. Synonyms: chronophagous [rare], time-taking [dated] Derived forms: time-consumingly Translations (requiring significant amounts of time): مُسْتَغْرِق وَقْتًا طَوِيلًا (mustaḡriq waqtan ṭawīlan) (Arabic), які́ патрабу́е шмат ча́су (jakí patrabúje šmat čásu) (Belarusian), 耗時的 (Chinese Mandarin), 耗时的 (hàoshí de) (Chinese Mandarin), 耗費時間的 (Chinese Mandarin), 耗费时间的 (hàofèi shíjiān de) (Chinese Mandarin), časově náročný (Czech), tidskrævende (Danish), tidsrøvende (Danish), tijdrovend (Dutch), aeganõudev (Estonian), aikaavievä (Finnish), chronophage (French), zeitaufwendig (German), zeitraubend (German), χρονοβόρος (chronovóros) (Greek), időigényes (Hungarian), dispendioso (Italian), che richiede molto tempo (Italian), 時間のかかる (jikan no kakaru) (alt: じかんのかかる) (Japanese), 많은 시간이 걸리다 (maneun sigan-i geollida) (Korean), 시간이 많이 걸리다 (sigan-i mani geollida) (Korean), reikalaujantis daug laiko (Lithuanian), tidkrevende (Norwegian Bokmål), tidskrevende (Norwegian Bokmål), tidkrevjande (Norwegian Nynorsk), tidkrevande (Norwegian Nynorsk), czasochłonny (Polish), moroso (Portuguese), consumator de timp (Romanian), cronofag [informal] (Romanian), тре́бующий мно́го вре́мени (trébujuščij mnógo vrémeni) (Russian), dispendioso (Spanish), dispendio (Spanish), tidskrävande (Swedish), tidsödande (Swedish), яки́й вимага́є бага́то ча́су (jakýj vymaháje baháto čásu) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-time-consuming-en-adj-BggFPzap Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "zeitaufwendig"
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "időigényes"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "reikalaujantis daug laiko"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "tidkrevende"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "consumator de timp"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trébujuščij mnógo vrémeni",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "тре́бующий мно́го вре́мени"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "tidskrävande"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jakýj vymaháje baháto čásu",
          "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
          "word": "яки́й вимага́є бага́то ча́су"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "mustaḡriq waqtan ṭawīlan",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "مُسْتَغْرِق وَقْتًا طَوِيلًا"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "耗費時間的"
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      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidskrævende"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidsrøvende"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tijdrovend"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "aeganõudev"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "aikaavievä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "chronophage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "zeitaufwendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "zeitraubend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chronovóros",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "χρονοβόρος"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "időigényes"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "dispendioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "che richiede molto tempo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じかんのかかる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikan no kakaru",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "時間のかかる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "maneun sigan-i geollida",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "많은 시간이 걸리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sigan-i mani geollida",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "시간이 많이 걸리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "reikalaujantis daug laiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidkrevende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidskrevende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidkrevjande"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidkrevande"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "czasochłonny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "moroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "consumator de timp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
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      "word": "cronofag"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trébujuščij mnógo vrémeni",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "тре́бующий мно́го вре́мени"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "dispendioso"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "dispendio"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidskrävande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "tidsödande"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jakýj vymaháje baháto čásu",
      "sense": "requiring significant amounts of time",
      "word": "яки́й вимага́є бага́то ча́су"
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  "word": "time-consuming"
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