Synonyms for consuming
kənˈsu mɪŋcon·sum·ing

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1. consuming, overwhelmingadjective

   very intense

   "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming, overpowering

   Antonyms:
   mild

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1. List of paraphrases for "consuming":

   consumption, consume, consumer, exertion, eating, consumers

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1. Jose Vega:

   It's extremely time-consuming just because (of) the quantity, the age that we live in, you know, folks prefer to shop online and have something come to their front door.

2. Kalid Anwar:

   It's extremely frustrating, emotionally and physically, it's time-consuming. I keep checking.

3. Janet Hamilton:

   One of the big challenges that we have within public health is that a lot of the data that flows into the system initially is very limited. And then we're following up in various ways to try and put the pieces together, but those processes are incredibly time-consuming, what we really need is for data more completely to flow into the system in an initial way, so then our work can begin so much more rapidly.

4. Jackie Wang:

   It's really costly and time-consuming for smelters to shut down and re-open.

5. Jude Senkungu:

   The time-consuming triage process( checking patients for Ebola symptoms before admitting them to hospital) could prove fatal for those arriving with critical injuries.