overlengthen
/ˌoʊvərˈlɛŋkθən/
verb
- To make something too long, or to become too long.
- The writer decided not to overlengthen the article, keeping it to a single page.
- If you overlengthen the rope, it will drag on the ground and get dirty.
- The tailor warned that adding another panel would overlengthen the dress.
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