drawn-out

adj protracted

long′-drawn`-out′

adj. lasting a very long time; protracted; drawn-out: a long-drawn-out story. Often, long′-drawn′. [1900–05]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	drawn-out - relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"extended, lengthy, prolonged, protractedlong - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
	2.	drawn-out - (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowelsslow - 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"

adjectiveExtending tediously beyond a standard duration:dragging, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged, protracted.

Translations

drawn-out