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.
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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)