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run-on

Syllabification: (run-on)
Definition of run-on

adjective

  • 1 [attributive] denoting a line of verse in which a sentence is continued without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
  • 2(of a sentence) containing two or more independent clauses that are not separated by a colon or semicolon:his sentences were often run-on or confused

run-on in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of run-on in the British & World English dictionary