Definition of "time-consuming" []

• Taking up much time. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But on that day, as Allen began asking for roll call votes and other time-consuming formalities, the seconds began drying up."
• "To understand the depth of the cultural divide at work here, consider that most Americans under age seventy-five would find even the idea of pronouncing the entire word discotheque too time-consuming."
• "The most time-consuming dish was the dry-fried green beans."