Usually means: Excessive length, improper punctuation, confusing.
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  1. run-on sentence: Merriam-Webster
  2. run-on sentence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. run-on sentence: Vocabulary.com
  4. run-on sentence: Wiktionary
  5. run-on sentence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. run-on sentence: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. run-on sentence: Dictionary.com
  8. Run-on sentence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. run-on sentence: Rhymezone
  10. run-on sentence: FreeDictionary.org
  11. run-on sentence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. run-on sentence: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (run-on sentence)

noun:  (grammar) A written sentence that inappropriately joins two (or more) independent clauses into a single sentence, often with only a comma as separator (comma splice), which should be rendered either as separate sentences or as clauses joined more appropriately (such as by a semicolon or by a comma and coordinating conjunction).
noun:  Any very long, often also in other ways badly formed or even chaotic sentence.

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