1. Simple past tense and past participle of protract

protracted

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

   Synonyms: long-drawn-out, 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 ...

• German: langwierig, langdauernd, langandauernd, anhaltend, sich hinziehend, langwährend, langgezogen, hingezogen, verschleppt
• Russian: затяжно́й
• Spanish: duradero, eterno (colloquial), prolongado