Work & careers
time-consuming
taking a lot of time
Taking a long time to do or complete.
Hear it in real life
Why did the report take so long?
Checking all the figures was extremely time-consuming.
Editing the video was time-consuming, but the final version looked professional.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The process is time-consumed and takes several hours.
Say: The process is time-consuming and takes several hours.
Use “time-consuming” for something that takes a long time; “time-consumed” is not the adjective.
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How it fits in a sentence.
a time-consuming process; be time-consuming; find something time-consuming
Your turn: say it out loud
Editing the video was time-consuming, but the final version looked professional.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
time-consuming
taking a lot of time
“Editing the video was time-consuming, but the final version looked professional.”
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