Time-consuming
time-consuming (adjective) - takes a lot of time to do
time-consuming work
a time-consuming process
a time-consuming method
a time-consuming task
time-consuming operations
time-consuming steps
too time-consuming to use
time-consuming to understand
time-consuming analysis
time-consuming to set up
expensive and time-consuming
costly and time-consuming
time-consuming and difficult
time-consuming and tedious
a time-consuming and essentially clerical task
complex and time-consuming
difficult and time-consuming
time-consuming to implement
time-consuming yet still fallible
a clumsy, time-consuming, bureaucratic impediment
pursuing a time-consuming interest that excludes your spouse
balance quick tests with more time-consuming and thorough tests
time-consuming and a burden for busy people
unprofessional, time-consuming and inefficient
Example sentences:
* "Reassembling, say, all the designs for all the parts which make up a jet engine can be a time-consuming task on a relational database."
* "Many men feel a very great sense of despair and discomfort upon entering what used to be their home with their wife, but what is now a house that seems to demand a lot of time-consuming work."
* "That is an unprofessional, time-consuming and inefficient way to use video recordings."
* "She didn't really smoke, but it was time-consuming and also provided a potential weapon."
* "So comfortless, so time-consuming, so fruitless."
* "Codes are less formal, more easily amended and less time-consuming to operate than legal provisions."
* "It's a time-consuming but very satisfying pastime and I've won a couple of trophies which have added to the pleasure."
* "Training was therefore seen as time-consuming and a burden for busy volunteers, many with other commitments."
* These are extremely time-consuming and tedious calculations.
* "The problem with this type of measure is that compiling the figures is a time-consuming and essentially clerical task."
* "In any case the law was often viewed as a last resort, a clumsy, time-consuming, bureaucratic impediment that hindered order-maintenance on the street."
* "Divorce sometimes happens because you lose control over your partner, they insist on pursuing a time-consuming interest that excludes you, they go off and do their own thing, end of story."
* "Throughout the report the committee acknowledges the need to balance the quick in vitro tests with the more expensive and time-consuming tests on animals."
* "Even the best testing methods are time-consuming and fallible."
* "It may be that most managers decide job evaluation is very difficult, extremely time-consuming, and too expensive."
* A time-consuming, fundamental analysis of the document is unlikely to uncover dramatic information.
* "The major drawback to this method is that it can be very time-consuming sorting through the piles when you start on a new picture."
* "Are these time-consuming steps really necessary?"
* "This looks very time-consuming."
* "Having tried out these various methods you might consider them too time-consuming to use everyday when you face deadline pressures at work."
* "The abbreviations and footnotes are complex and time-consuming to understand."
* "Hundreds of aspiring office-holders in the Clinton administration are currently being vetted for security clearance, a process as time-consuming as it is nerve-wracking."
* "Setting up the computer program can be time-consuming."
* "Obviously the planning of a Budget and its acceptance by Parliament is a time-consuming process."
* "There was a lack of suitably qualified staff to implement the system and it became costly and time-consuming to implement."
* "Unfortunately this method is enormously time-consuming and only two major studies have been conducted."
* "Not only is this time-consuming, but it also runs the risk of disturbing guests."
* "It might be time-consuming and difficult to find new premises for the business."
* "This is a time-consuming task as the information on software is widely distributed between the printed and institutional sources."
