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time-consuming
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(of an activity, task, or process) taking up a significant amount of time, and therefore requiring a considerable amount of effort or patience
Example
The aggravating level of detail required for the paperwork made the application process cumbersome and time-consuming.
The process of manually transcribing the handwritten documents was laborious and time-consuming.
The new software promises to magic away all of the time-consuming paperwork.
Without the pinsetting machine, setting up pins manually would be time-consuming.
The participants were uncooperative, and the process was time-consuming and frustrating.
