Definitions for sprawling
sprawl·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sprawl, sprawlingadjective

   an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

2. sprawling, straggling, rambling, stragglyadjective

   spreading out in different directions

   "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sprawlingadjective

   That sprawls

2. sprawlingadjective

   Expansive; extensive

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1. sprawling

   Sprawling refers to spreading out or extending over a large area in an irregular, uneven, or disorganized way. It can pertain to physical growth, like a city's development, or abstract concepts, such as the spread of an idea or behavior. The term often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of planning, containment, or control.

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1. Sprawling

   of Sprawl

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sprawling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sprawling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of sprawling in a Sentence

1. Joan Clos:

   What is happening ... is an increase of sprawling urbanization, informality is gaining share in the growth of cities.

2. Ko Sai:

   We just heard a loud noise sounding like thunder and saw that the huge mountain collapsed and a huge wave of rubble was moving and sprawling on a wide area, it was just like a nightmare.

3. Katie Keenan:

   This site is so sprawling that we're able to build on the campus. We're getting better and better at this because it seems like the past couple of years the potential playoff team has been the Super Bowl host city, starting in November we started to build contingencies around each round. It’s no secret that the championship game scenario is the most challenging scenario because it obviously shortened everything.

4. Brock Silvers:

   It wasn’t a change of heart that caused Beijing to pull back its regulatory push on tech companies, it was a concession to economic reality, the goal of furthering state control over sprawling tech empires, however, wasn’t abandoned.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   This is not some modest bill about ballot access. It is a sprawling takeover of our whole political system, it was never even intended to attract bipartisan support. This partisan Frankenstein bill that House Democrats slapped together was intended to do just one thing and one thing only: give the Senate Democratic leader a pretext – a pretext to break the Senate.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sprawling
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sprawling
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprawling