Definition of "drawn-out" []

• Protracted, made to take a longer period of time than necessary. (adjective)

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• "Amanda greets her with a drawn-out “Hiii!” when she comes in, and hands her a check immediately, then disappears upstairs again."
• "De Soto and his captains are probably concluding that this is going to be a long and drawn-out affair."
• "“It would be worse than embarrassing,” he wrote, “if you should get tied into drawn-out conversations which would in the long run prove unsuccessful.”"