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Definition of time-consuming adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

time-consuming

adjective
 
/ˈtaɪm kənsjuːmɪŋ/
 
/ˈtaɪm kənsuːmɪŋ/
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  1. taking or needing a lot of time
    • a difficult and time-consuming process
    • It’s quite time-consuming having to check all the labels individually.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTime-consuming is used with these nouns:
    • process
    • task
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