Drawn-out in a sentence as an adjective

* This will be a difficult, and quite likely drawn-out struggle.

The article is worth reading through, but in summary: The author suggests that our drawn-out, meandering wars are the result of a perverse incentive system among the higher ranks of the military.

Drawn-out definitions

adjective

relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"

See also: extended lengthy prolonged protracted

adjective

(used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels