Because of the protracted depression, many workers are unemployed.
Source: tatoeba (278100)
Protracted
//pɹəˈtɹæk.tɪd//
Synonyms for "protracted" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
Adjective(7 words)
long-pendinglong-spunlong-windedlongiloquentlongsomemarathonnever-endingoverlongpaddedprolixprolongatedprolongedpulledspun outspun-outstragglingstrainedstretchedstretched outstretched-out
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Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 15 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- davamlı adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- sürəkli adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- uzun adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- uzun sürən adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Bulgarian
2 entries- продължителен adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- проточен adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Czech
1 entries- zdlouhavý adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Dutch
2 entries- aanslepend adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- langdurig adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
German
4 entries- anhaltend adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- hingezogen adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- langandauernd adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- langdauernd adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Hungarian
2 entries- elhúzódó adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- hosszúra nyúló adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Latin
1 entries- prōductus adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Māori
2 entries- auroa adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- hōtoa adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوزون adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Polish
1 entries- przeciągły adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Romanian
1 entries- prelungit adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Russian
1 entries- затяжно́й adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Spanish
4 entries- duradero adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- eterno adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- prolongado adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- protraído adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Swedish
2 entries- långdragen adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- utdragen adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Tagalog
2 entries- malawig adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
- matagalan adj (lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
More and more divorcing couples are undertaking protracted and expensive legal proceedings for custody rights over the family pets.
Source: tatoeba (3880518)
Saturn's daughter, fearing it, and remembering the protracted war which she had first waged at Troy on behalf of her beloved Argives -- the causes of her anger and her fierce grievances had still not died down in her soul.
Source: tatoeba (6601982)
Their interview was protracted beyond that at which they usually parted.
Source: tatoeba (7752165)
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