Usually means: Extended in duration; excessively prolonged.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word long-drawn-out:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. long-drawn-out: Merriam-Webster
  2. long-drawn-out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. long-drawn-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. long-drawn-out, long-drawn-out: Collins English Dictionary
  5. long-drawn-out: Wordnik
  6. long-drawn-out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. long-drawn-out: Wiktionary
  8. long-drawn-out: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. long-drawn-out: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. long-drawn-out: Dictionary.com
  11. long-drawn-out: FreeDictionary.org
  12. long-drawn-out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. long-drawn-out: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Protracted, extending for a great period of time.

Similar:
prolonged, protracted, long-drawn, drawn-out, extended, overprotracted, lengthy, long, prolongated, long-pending, more...

Opposite:
concise, brief, succinct, terse, pithy

Types:
protracted, prolonged, extended, lengthy, more...

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Similar:
prolonged, protracted, long-drawn, drawn-out, extended, overprotracted, lengthy, long, prolongated, long-pending, more...

Opposite:
concise, brief, succinct, terse, pithy

Types:
protracted, prolonged, extended, lengthy, more...



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