protracted
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
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Pro·tract·ed
a.
Prolonged; continued.
Protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.]
-- Pro·tract·ed·ly, adv. -- Pro·tract·ed·ness, n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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protracted
adjective
- Of long duration: chronic, continuing, lingering, persistent, prolonged. See continue/stop/pause.
- Extending tediously beyond a standard duration: dragging, drawn-out, lengthy, long1, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged. See excite/bore/interest, long/short.
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protracted
IN BRIEF: adj. - Relatively long in duration.
There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.
— Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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