protracted

protracted

1. simple past and past participle of protract

protracted (comparative more protracted, superlative most protracted)

1. Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

   Synonyms: long-drawn-out; see also Thesaurus:lasting

   a protracted and bitter dispute

   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 5, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

     ... inheritance of protracted misery ...

   • 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 May 2019:

     The gleefully sadistic killer pushes Jaime into a fight, telling him that he slept with Cersei, and after a protracted struggle, even sinks his blade into Jaime’s side. But it turns out that a metal hand can be valuable in battle, after all, and Jaime uses it to help sink his own sword into Euron’s stomach