tijdrovender

English translation: more time-consuming

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Dutch term or phrase:tijdrovender
English translation:more time-consuming
Entered by: Cynthia Brals-Rud

04:40 Mar 29, 2001
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Dutch term or phrase: tijdrovender
Is there a fixed exp., such as time stealer or waster or...? Or time consuming then ?

...projecten blijken uiteindelijk duurder en tijdrovender dan verwacht.

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Cynthia Brals-Rud
Local time: 14:47
money- and time- consuming
Explanation:

.. at the end/eventually the projects proved to be more money- and time-consuming than expected.

It is also used without hyphens but I would put them.

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money- and time- consuming


Explanation:

.. at the end/eventually the projects proved to be more money- and time-consuming than expected.

It is also used without hyphens but I would put them.

Google-double-checked.




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