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pro·tract·ed

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  1. drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protractedadjective

    relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

    "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"

    Synonyms:
    lengthened, lengthy, prolonged, extensive, elongated, extended, drawn-out

    Antonyms:
    short

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wordy

    rarely used word for verbose, expressed in too many words.

    he made his point with a taughty piece of literature.

    Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017  

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How to use protracted in a sentence?

  1. Charles Stanley:

    Most people think the wider recovery at Tesco is going to be painful and very protracted. One tends to feel that like-for-like sales could well remain in negative territory for another 18 months to two years.

  2. Michael Conaway:

    It is more important now than ever to act quickly to avoid a protracted trade war with our two largest trade partners.

  3. Eugene McLaughlin:

    The case is almost beyond legal adjudication, no matter if Amanda Knox or Raffaele Sollecito are found guilty or not guilty, it has taken on an after-life of its own.' The protracted online battle took root in the Paleolithic era of social media, when tabloids plumbed Knox's MySpace page for early photos of a smiling and carefree student, wisps of hair blowing from beneath a rolled knit cap, picking up on the.

  4. United Nations:

    Any side that would want to push the country in either direction would be inviting a protracted conflict in the vein of an Iraq-Libya-Syria combined scenario.

  5. Dan Quayle, 10/2/90 (reported in Esquire, 8/92):

    Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. [There is no need to worry about a protracted war because] from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.


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