long-drawn-out

adjective

ˈlȯŋ-ˈdrȯn-ˈau̇t How to pronounce long-drawn-out (audio)
variants or long-drawn
Definition of long-drawn-outnext
as in lengthy
lasting for a considerable time a long-drawn-out acceptance speech by an overemotional actor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-drawn-out
  1. lengthy
  2. long
  3. prolonged
Adjective
  • In the end, the experiment demonstrated vampire bats can convert amino acids into energy in less than 10 minutes and use it to fuel a lengthy endurance run.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Some jurisdictions faced a lengthy, two-page ballot that election officials worried would take voters longer to fill out at the polls and cause lines.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of lengthy
Adjective
  • Inigo San Felix / National Geographic Using measuring tape, scientists found that the coral colony spans about 111 feet wide, 104 feet long and 18 feet high — large enough to fit two full-size basketball courts side by side and longer than the world’s largest animal, the blue whale.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • But that logic can escape state transportation executives oriented toward longer, intercity trips instead of shorter, intracity ones, as well as highway engineers trained to focus on maximizing the speed of all vehicles, regardless of how many people are inside them.
    David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of long
Adjective
  • The cooldown of the nation’s labor market has coincided with a prolonged period of elevated interest rates.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • After a prolonged period of low incidence rates following the emergence of COVID-19, M. pneumoniae cases are now on the rise.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of prolonged
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