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- adjective
Longer than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) longer than is allowed. - noun transport, law, of a vehicle An
excess of length.
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Examples
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Will your book be overlength, will it be short, and will the manuscript you assemble resemble the one you described in the proposal to the publisher?
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1) 2009
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I've also had a couple books go overlength, but I've usually been able to work that out with the publishers.
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1) 2009
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But by now, 37 minutes overlength, with Barbara Walters chafing to get on the air, the real award for "Best Direction" should be going to the "Exit" signs.
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The nail artist Jenna Hipp made amazing high-fashion overlength fake nails to give a couture look.
Best in Beauty Riku Campo 2010
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But by now, 37 minutes overlength, with Barbara Walters chafing to get on the air, the real award for "Best Direction" should be going to the "Exit" signs.
The Our Gang Oscars 2010
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My only real complaint after a second viewing was overlength, but even that might be more a matter of my having attended a 10:15 pm showing than any actual flaws in the movie.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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My only real complaint after a second viewing was overlength, but even that might be more a matter of my having attended a 10:15 pm showing than any actual flaws in the movie.
War of the Words: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (a preview) 2009
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No, Oscar's flaws run much deeper than mere overlength.
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We sneak-previewed A Tale of Two Cities, vastly overlength, before an audience of sailors and had a sensational success...
Hollywood Memo II Steve Hulett 2007
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We sneak-previewed A Tale of Two Cities, vastly overlength, before an audience of sailors and had a sensational success...
Archive 2007-01-01 Steve Hulett 2007
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