slow-burn process
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proceso gradual
- Building trust within a team is often a slow-burn process that requires patience and consistent effort.
Examples
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Her recovery from the injury was a slow-burn process, taking months of therapy and persistence.
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The novel succeeds because of its slow-burn process of building tension and deepening character relationships.
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This is a slow-burn process.
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A slow-burn process takes time.
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Building trust within a team is often a slow-burn process that requires patience and consistent effort.
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Her recovery from the injury was a slow-burn process, taking months of therapy and persistence.
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The novel succeeds because of its slow-burn process of building tension and deepening character relationships.
Synonyms
A slow change in events that becomes clearer over time
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
slow-burn + process
The components 'slow' and 'burn' together suggest a gradual, slowly intensifying development and 'process' reinforces unfolding over time, so the overall sense is partly inferable from the constituents. However, 'burn' is used metaphorically rather than literally, and that figurative shift may not be fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure, so the expression is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The noun slow-burn process comes from the image of slow things that burn, like a candle or a glowing ember that gives steady heat and light over a long time. So a slow-burn process means 'a gradual development' that grows slowly and only shows results after a long period.