runover

Spill past limits

Runover is text that continues beyond its intended space, flowing onto the next line, column, or page.

In typesetting and publishing, runover refers to the portion of a headline or entry that spills past the first line: The dictionary entry had three lines of runover.

In printing, it can also mean extra copies produced beyond the ordered quantity.

accident

collision

Forceful contact between objects

fatalities · reckless · negligence · roadway · scene · investigation · police · ambulance · jaywalking · crosswalk

excess

spillover

Excess that escapes

extra · leftover · carryover · continuation · extension · beyond · exceeding · additional · remainder · bleed

flattened

crushed

Compressed into fragments

roadkill · pancaked · pavement · tire marks · tread · wheels · compacted · pressed · splattered · carcass

overwhelm

swamped

Overwhelmed beyond capacity

bombarded · deluged · flooded · buried · backlog · deadline · demands · overcommitted · overextended · underwater

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time/schedule adherence

runoverundertime

Insufficient work hours logged

ahead of schedule · early finish · on schedule · on time · shortfall

SPACE/TEXT FLOW (typesetting)

runoverunderrun

Fall short of projected amount

underset · widow · short line · fit

quantity/production excess

runovershortfall

Failure to reach quota

underrun · shortage · deficit · underage · shortcoming

Family

run, over, runner, running, overtake, runs, overrun, outrun, rerun

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