verbiage
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈvɜːrbiɪdʒ/
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verbosidad
- But beyond a lot of verbiage, he has no strategic vision for OIA.
- too much verbiage
They think they got to use verbiage or words that people don't use.
- They think they got to use verbiage or words that people don't use.
- The transaction itself is quite simple and most of the verbiage is just asked covering by regulators.
- I mean, this is just freaking verbiage, but if they're fucking good at it, you're never going to know.
- Some chapters do have, you know, both verbiage tasks and sources.
- Also without the insults to Danny and the verbiage of ridiculousness.
- We did have a shift in the verbiage that's used in the Fed statements.
- Well, in in Nexium, that they would use the same verbiage that Scientology used.
- So I think it is the the verbiage we need to strive towards.
- So, you know, even the verbiage and the the whole thing, just your masters.
Examples
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Despite some differences in verbiage, these tests reflect requirements put forth by the U.N. study.
Academic text (2016) -
We did have a shift in the verbiage that's used in the Fed statements.
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There is work to be done, and verbiage plays an important role.
Blog text (12) -
I would suggest that the real point of all this verbiage may have become obscure.
Blog text (3) -
Allen, you are being thrown off by the verbiage on that page.
Blog text (27) -
Because of its odd verbiage, the postscript is somewhat difficult to decipher.
Academic text (2017) -
Romney, by getting tangled up in the specific verbiage, flubbed the larger point.
Blog text (3) -
The report was filled with unnecessary verbiage, making it hard to understand the main points.
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During the meeting, her tendency to use excessive verbiage frustrated everyone who just wanted straightforward answers.
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To improve clarity, it's important to eliminate unnecessary verbiage from your writing.
Synonyms
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5.5
Long confused speech or writing that is hard to follow
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7.3
Using more words than needed when speaking or writing
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4.8
Using more language than needed in writing or speech
1
9.9
A habit of using too many words that makes people bored
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7.5
Talking or writing with too many words makes people bored
1
7.0
The number of words used in writing or speech, often too many
Using more words than needed so speech or writing is hard to follow
Speech or writing that uses too many words
The use of too many words that makes speech or writing long and boring
An excess of words that do not add meaning
Using more words than needed to say something in a roundabout way
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Verbiage comes from the Latin verbum, meaning 'word', and is related to English verb and verbose. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'word-age' — a large pile of words, often too many, which is why verbiage means language that is long or unnecessarily complicated.