overlong

ADJECTIVE

long

Synonyms

WEAK

continued deep distant dragging drawn-out elongate elongated enduring enlarged expanded extensive far-off far-reaching faraway gangling great high lanky lasting lengthened lengthy lingering lofty long-drawn-out longish outstretched prolonged protracted rangy remote running spread-out spun out stretch stretched stretching stringy sustained tall towering

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These reported essays can feel self-indulgent, slow and overlong.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The unmoored, unhinged and overlong “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” makes a couple of arguments for itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The only thing “Saturday Night Live” loves more than an overlong current events cold open is running a successful joke into the ground.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025

The momentum was frequently torpedoed by waffly, overlong video interludes - but Usher's magnetic stage presence just about held the concert together.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

Malfoy made an angry movement toward Harry, but stumbled over his overlong robe.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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