long-drawn-out
Taking forever, seemingly
Long-drawn-out describes something tediously prolonged beyond what seems necessary: a long-drawn-out legal battle, long-drawn-out negotiations that exhausted everyone.
The phrase emphasizes duration as a source of weariness—not just lengthy, but stretched to the point of frustration.
Extended beyond normal duration
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- interminableWithout apparent conclusion
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
lasting · sustained · chronic · persistent · unending · perpetual · continuing · never-ending
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- drearyDull and depressing
dull · laborious · plodding · slow · dragging · mind-numbing · soporific · exhausting
protracted
Extended beyond normal duration
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- interminableWithout apparent conclusion
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
lingering · lasting · sustained · chronic · persistent · unending · perpetual · continuing · never-ending · dragging
boring
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
dreary · dull · laborious · plodding · slow · dragging · mind-numbing · soporific · exhausting · enervating