time-consuming
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time-consuming
adjective more time-consuming · most time-consuming
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Using significant amounts of time, especially in an unwanted and sometimes unwarranted manner.
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
Similar: chronophagous, time-intensive, time-taking
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adj requiring significant amounts of time
| Español | dispendioso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 많은 시간이 걸리다 maneun sigan-i geollida, 시간이 많이 걸리다 sigan-i mani geollida |
| 日本語 | 時間のかかる jikan no kakaru |
| 中文 | 耗時的 /耗时的 hàoshí de, 耗費時間的 /耗费时间的 hàofèi shíjiān de |
| Português | moroso |
| Français | chronophage |
| Deutsch | zeitaufwendig, zeitraubend |
| Italiano | dispendioso, che richiede molto tempo |
| Ελληνικά | χρονοβόρος chronovóros |
| Română | consumator de timp, cronofag |
| Русский | тре́бующий мно́го вре́мени trébujuščij mnógo vrémeni |
| العربية | مُسْتَغْرِق وَقْتًا طَوِيلًا mustaḡriq waqtan ṭawīlan |
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