longueur

[lawng-gur, long-, lawn-gœr]

noun

plural

longueurs 

1. a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like.

   The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.

longueur

/ lɔ̃ɡœr /

noun

1. a period of boredom or dullness

Word History and Origins

Origin of longueur¹

1815–25; < French: literally, length

Word History and Origins

Origin of longueur¹

literally: length

Example Sentences

The well-filled programs, though lengthy, suffered from no longueurs, so choosing highlights is difficult.

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Still, despite its lapses and longueurs, “Love’s Labor’s Lost” remains in this version a fascinating and feelingful taste of Shakespeare to come.

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Sometimes that doesn’t matter so much: There is a patient Bruckner Ninth that satisfies despite its longueurs with the Gothenburg Symphony, which hosted Dudamel for an apprenticeship as its principal conductor from 2007 to 2012.

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And pulled it off more smoothly, without the staging longueurs occasioned by the rough text and the stop-and-go direction?

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When the movie premiered at the Venice and Telluride film festivals this fall, it drew the full gamut of reactions, some of which sniped at its longueurs, its indulgences and its three-hour-plus running time.

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