Usually means: Extended in time or length.
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  1. drawn-out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. drawn-out, drawn-out: Collins English Dictionary
  3. drawn-out: Vocabulary.com
  4. drawn-out: Wordnik
  5. drawn-out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. drawn-out: Wiktionary
  7. drawn-out: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. drawn-out: Dictionary.com
  9. drawn-out: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. drawn-out: Rhymezone
  11. drawn-out: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. drawn-out: FreeDictionary.org
  13. drawn-out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. drawn-out: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Protracted, made to take a longer period of time than necessary.

Similar:
protracted, lengthy, prolonged, extended, long, slow, drawling, drawn out, long-drawn-out, protensive, more...

Opposite:
brief, concise, short, succinct

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Similar:
protracted, lengthy, prolonged, extended, long, slow, drawling, drawn out, long-drawn-out, protensive, more...

Opposite:
brief, concise, short, succinct



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