time-consuming

adjective as in slow

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dull, gradual, low, moderate, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tedious

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delayed, detained, down, hindered, impeded, lingering, off, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack

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backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, dilatory, draggy, inactive, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, overdue, sleepy, tardy, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual

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Being a parent, obviously it’s much more time-consuming when you are — I think I’m in every scene of “The Astronaut” and I really don’t have very many scenes with my co-stars.

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But so far, the Trump administration hasn’t ramped up what can often be time-consuming enforcement operations.

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Hauptman refuses to apply for a potentially costly and time-consuming zoning waiver for the tank.

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The Disability Access Service, or DAS, pass she wanted would have allowed her to avoid waiting in time-consuming lines for popular Disney rides.

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She also suggested that she would bring on AECOM, the global engineering giant, to tackle the time-consuming paperwork that must be assembled to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for wildfire-related expenses.

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