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Definition of Time-consuming
1. Adjective. Of a task that takes time and patience.
Definition of Time-consuming
1. Adjective. Requiring significant amounts of time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Time-consuming
Literary usage of Time-consuming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The old-fashioned way of letting an abscess "come to a head" is more dangerous,
time-consuming and usually dis- ..."
2. Principles of Economics by Fred Manville Taylor (1913)
"But, however this may be, there is no doubt that we have here o sacrifice which
must be undergone if time-consuming methods of production are used which ..."
3. Principles of Economics by Fred Manville Taylor (1913)
"But, however this may be, there is no doubt that we have here a sacrifice which
must be undergone if time-consuming methods of production arc used which ..."
4. An Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools & Classrooms by Sherri Quinones, Rita Kirshstein (2000)
"... Materials Not time-consuming Relatively inexpensive Everyone gets the same
instrument Objective Interpretation Can survey many people Not time-consuming ..."
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