Timeline for How to refer to something "demanding" which doesn't happen all of a sudden?
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| Nov 4, 2015 at 20:08 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | Are you sure you're looking for a verb and not an adjective? Your request might be clearer if you gave an example sentence where the word would be appropriate, with a blank where the word would go. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 14:36 | answer | added | JHCL | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 6, 2015 at 2:37 | comment | added | Hot Licks | You mean like "drudgery"? | |
| Jul 18, 2015 at 5:18 | comment | added | Father Luke | @ghostnote: You said it already. Evolve. | |
| May 7, 2015 at 23:57 | answer | added | Sven Yargs | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 16:41 | comment | added | Barmar | Whether the connotation is positive or negative will likely come from the context. If the task is known to be drudgery, it will be clear that the extreme time it consumes is annoying. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 16:25 | comment | added | Lynxear | Time-consuming, to me, has an onerous connotation. But, I cannot think of a single word though for a satisfying hobby or project that develops over time | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 13:04 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Apparently about 2640 writers have referred to a time-consuming hobby, which is perfectly ordinary use of English. I don't understand the distinction you're making between time-consuming and requires some time - I can only assume you're a non-native speaker and that figurative consuming doesn't work the same way in your native language. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 12:45 | comment | added | Oldbag | How about the NYC Library lions: "Patience" and "Fortitude". | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 12:38 | comment | added | ghostnote | It feels like time-consuming has kind of a negative connotation. I'm looking for a verb that describes that the hobby of collecting requires some time. It doesn't necessarily consumes one's time. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 12:28 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | What's wrong with demanding? You might consider time-consuming. | |
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| Apr 7, 2015 at 12:22 | history | asked | ghostnote | CC BY-SA 3.0 |