protracted Definition

prolonged, lengthy, long, extended, drawn-out, interminable, ongoing, laborious, tedious, unending, painstaking, enduring, persistent, continuing, endless, delayed, lingering, continuous, cumbersome, lasting, endurable, continued, recurrent, sustained, longterm, longstanding, sluggish, extensive, slow, chronic, permanent, stubborn, persistence, perennial, tenacious, durable, longtime, sustainable, abiding, length, ancient, lang, old, long-, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-established, long-lasting, long-life, long-lived, long-range, long-run, long-running, long-standing, long-staple, long-term, long-time, long-winded, longer-term, never-ending, time-consuming, dace, acrimonious, tortuous, rancorous, internecine, bitter, yearlong, messy, contentious, arduous, painful, fruitless, monthlong, torturous, intense, agonizing, tumultuous, stormy, inevitable, costly, ruinous, fractious, bloody, exhausting, stalemated, complicated, intractable, grueling, fierce, divisive, wrenching, irresolvable, unedifying, tense, fitful, turbulent, brief, heated, futile,