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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absurd length" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is excessively long or unreasonable in length, often in a critical or humorous context.
Example: "The report was filled with unnecessary details and ended up being of absurd length, making it difficult to extract the key points."
Alternatives: "ridiculous length" or "excessive length".
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The determination to set every word would have led to a finished work of absurd length.
Labour MP Ben Bradshaw responded that this was an absurd length of time.
Former state Sen. Dan Gelber (D-Miami Beach) also called on Scott to extend early voting because of the "absurd length of the ballot" (which includes 11 proposed constitutional amendments) and the fact that the legislature slashed the early voting period from 14 days to eight days, reports the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
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This exercise has been carried to absurd lengths.
Men will go to absurd lengths for sex.
"You were getting to absurd lengths with some of these magazines as it was.
Carrie's predilection for going off the reservation was taken to absurd lengths.
"It's like that old Carol Burnett parody, 'As the Stomach Turns,' only taken to even more absurd lengths.
She stretches the original, often relatively long works to sometimes absurd lengths to tap into their transformative power.
'They are going to absurd lengths to avoid admitting liability - blaming sabotage or little green men,' she says.
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation takes the series's glorification of its star (and producer) to absurd lengths.
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