Synonyms for time-consuming
time-con·sum·ing

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1. time-consumingadjective

   Synonyms:
   chronophagous

2. time-consumingadjective

   Requiring significant amounts of time.

   Synonyms:
   chronophagous

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1. time-consumingadjective

   of a task that takes time and patience

   Antonyms:
   short

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1. List of paraphrases for "time-consuming":

   slow, laborious, long, lengthy, time-wasting, protracted, cumbersome, tedious

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1. Jackie Wang:

   It's really costly and time-consuming for smelters to shut down and re-open.

2. Donald Trump:

   The United States is very concerned about the conflict's toll on innocent civilians and is working to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end. But we can not end The United States through ill-conceived and time-consuming resolutions that fail to address The United States root causes, rather than expend time and resources on such resolutions, I encourage the Congress to direct its efforts toward supporting our work to achieve peace through a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Yemen.

3. White House:

   In an effort to prevent President Trump from following through on the policies for which the American people voted, Senate Democrats are putting his nominations through time-consuming parliamentary procedures not seen by the previous administration.

4. Vickie Segar:

   It's a different type of shot, it's expensive, time consuming, and more importantly, it's not the photography that performs on social. Overly produced studio shoots aren't the way brands are producing content anymore.

5. Canadian Solar:

   The policy framework needs to be improved vastly. Documentation is cumbersome. Land acquisition is time-consuming. Securing debt funding in India and financial closures is a tough task.