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long-drawn-out
[ lawng-drawn-out, long- ]
adjective
- lasting a very long time; protracted:
a long-drawn-out story.
- of great length; long:
a long-drawn-out line of soldiers.
long-drawn-out
adjective
- over-prolonged or extended
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Origin of long-drawn-out1
Example Sentences
Plenty of other long-drawn-out union processes, like the first Chipotle restaurant to successfully organize, will be further stymied.
"We very much expect a long-drawn-out process, self-auditing, and plenty of political squabbling with potential class action lawsuits and attorney general lawsuits."
He pledged publicly to stay in Brooklyn and engaged in long-drawn-out talks with New York City officials about building a new ballpark.
Mistry was ousted as chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $300-billion salt-to-software Tata conglomerate, in a boardroom coup in 2016, sparking a long-drawn-out legal tussle on which India's top court eventually ruled in Tata Group's favour.
“You could see how with different goals it could be a long-drawn-out war,†he said.
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