distant
adjective
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed byfrom ).
overdistant
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a word derived from
distant.
Example Sentences
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Heavily armed cruisers and battleships could afford little protection against the activity of the German submarines, now at large in waters that we had thought were overdistant for their peculiar manœuvres.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
