as in wordiness
the use of too many words to express an idea
your ideas are good, but your penchant for verbosity is unfortunate
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Recent Examples of verbosity
When that’s chucked in a blender with his own penchant for spiky-savvy verbosity, the results fizz and pop.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
But many French are deeply sick of hearing his volcanic verbosity.
—Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Williams is regarded as a smart player, but has always played with a lot of emotion — and verbosity.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
The spirit of Lester Bangs was coursing through the site, which became known for ridiculously purple prose and an electric verbosity that could thrill or grate, depending on the reader.
—Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
Nevertheless, those who wish to undermine church teachings will find in its ambiguity and verbosity license to do so.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
The Art of Brevity — Saying More with Less
• Micro-moments: The fast pace of social media doesn’t afford the luxury of verbosity.
—Christian Anderson (trust'n), Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
Early reactions point toward the perpetually fan cast Idris Elba, or even Jason Momoa, whose breakout role as Khal Drogo could be a great starting point, with a slight uptick in verbosity.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
In other words, when there is no issue, the logs can remain in a low verbosity state, and then once an issue arises that needs troubleshooting, a developer can increase the verbosity in order to collect all of the necessary data with the click of a button.
—Shahar Fogel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
But many French are deeply sick of hearing his volcanic verbosity.
—Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Williams is regarded as a smart player, but has always played with a lot of emotion — and verbosity.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
The spirit of Lester Bangs was coursing through the site, which became known for ridiculously purple prose and an electric verbosity that could thrill or grate, depending on the reader.
—Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
Nevertheless, those who wish to undermine church teachings will find in its ambiguity and verbosity license to do so.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
The Art of Brevity — Saying More with Less
• Micro-moments: The fast pace of social media doesn’t afford the luxury of verbosity.
—Christian Anderson (trust'n), Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
Early reactions point toward the perpetually fan cast Idris Elba, or even Jason Momoa, whose breakout role as Khal Drogo could be a great starting point, with a slight uptick in verbosity.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
In other words, when there is no issue, the logs can remain in a low verbosity state, and then once an issue arises that needs troubleshooting, a developer can increase the verbosity in order to collect all of the necessary data with the click of a button.
—Shahar Fogel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbosity
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Convention is a powerful force, honored in history, enshrined in law, reinforced by repetition, and subject to change only through constant, unstoppable pressure.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
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The numbing, rinse-repeat repetition is still a grind.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
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Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
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On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
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Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
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What is Sora? Sora represents a significant leap in generative AI capabilities, functioning as a diffusion model to transform text prompts into videos of up to one minute.Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Redfield also cites the diffusion of media as another factor for national political themes being used in local contests.Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
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By condensing Balzac’s opus to a few paragraphs, Barthelme was having a laugh not just at his predecessor’s genteel circumlocution—his tendency to describe buildings and manufacturing procedures and family trees in lavish detail—but also at the conventions of novelistic mimesis itself.Giles Harvey, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020
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“Verbosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbosity. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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