| Subject | English | Russian |
| math. | be time consuming | требовать много времени |
| Игорь Миг | be time consuming | требовать временных затрат (ударение на посл. слоге) |
| Игорь Миг | be time-consuming | требовать много времени |
| tech. | be time-consuming | отнимать много времени (e.g., of experiment) |
| gen. | be time-consuming | занимать много времени (Maintaining a vegetable garden that could truly sustain a family is a time-consuming and often costly task. ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | can be time consuming and challenging | может отнимать много времени и сил (Палачах) |