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    drawn-out
    /ˌdrɔːnˈaʊt/

    adjective

    • 1. lasting or seeming to last longer than is necessary: "after the long drawn-out years of waiting the end of the war was in sight"

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  3. lasting longer than is usual or necessary: long drawn-out This dispute has been a long drawn-out affair. Make a note any topics where you anticipate drawn-out discussions. Synonyms. extended. lengthy. long (TIME) prolonged. protracted. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. continuing for a large amount of time.

    • Drawn-Out in Spanish

      DRAWN-OUT translate: eterno/na [masculine-feminine]. Learn...

    • Simplified

      DRAWN-OUT translate: 持续很久的;拖长的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

    • Traditional

      DRAWN-OUT translate: 持續很久的;拖長的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

    • Translate English to Russian

      DRAWN-OUT translate: затянувшийся . Learn more in the...

  4. DRAW SOMETHING OUT definition: 1. to cause something to last longer than is usual or necessary: 2. to help someone to express…. Learn more.

  5. The meaning of DRAW OUT is remove, extract. How to use draw out in a sentence. remove, extract; to extend beyond a minimum in time : protract; to cause to speak freely…

  6. lasting longer than is usual or necessary: long drawn-out This dispute has been a long drawn-out affair. Make a note any topics where you anticipate drawn-out discussions. Synonyms. extended. lengthy. long (TIME) prolonged. protracted. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. continuing for a large amount of time.

  7. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted. “a drawn-out argument”. synonyms: extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted. long. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified. adjective.

  8. You can describe something as drawn-out when it lasts or takes longer than you would like it to. Pulling out of a recession is a lengthy and drawn-out process. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.

  9. drawn-out - (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels. slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth".