wordiness
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈwɜrdɪnəs/
:
verborrea
- Part of the excessive wordiness of some ritual comes from a distrust of symbolism that is common to humanists.
I although I rejected Quakerism very early because I disliked its pacifism, I disliked its wordiness.
- I although I rejected Quakerism very early because I disliked its pacifism, I disliked its wordiness.
Examples
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Moreover, the results of the survey reveal that students had little or no previous practice in eliminating wordiness from their writing.
Academic text (2001) -
Editing, as used here, refers to the practice of addressing problems of wordiness, unclear language, and errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling within a text.
Academic text (2001) -
I decided to edit out the "back to JimDriver:" in order to reduce the wordiness.
Blog text (24) -
They are paid to disguise these categories with a lot of wordiness.
Blog text (8) -
After that experience, one surveyed student said, "I wish they would have taught me about cutting wordiness because it's a very effective way to make your paper sound clearer."
Academic text (2001) -
We aim to provide a full, accurate and fluent report, and we do so by removing repetition and a good deal of the wordiness of everyday speech patterns.
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On the same page, yet another footnote begins, now capable of generating frustration on its own, because very little seems to be accomplished within its excessive wordiness.
Academic text (1991) -
Such instruction about so-called scientific writing usually encourages the excessive use of passive voice, jargon, and wordiness, all of which impede communication and further diminish the quality of students' writing, thinking, and learning (Moore 1992a, b).
Academic text (1994) -
The professor criticized the student's essay for its excessive wordiness, suggesting it could be clearer and more concise.
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To improve clarity, I learned to eliminate wordiness from my writing, focusing on brevity and straightforward expression.
Synonyms
33
5.5
Long confused speech or writing that is hard to follow
11
8.1
Language that uses too many words and is hard to understand
1
7.3
Using more words than needed when speaking or writing
1
9.2
Using many words to avoid saying something directly
1
9.9
A habit of using too many words that makes people bored
1
7.5
Talking or writing with too many words makes people bored
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
Speaking or writing with more words than needed and making the meaning unclear
Using more words than needed to say something in a roundabout way
A phrase that uses more words than needed
Antonyms
How Wordy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wordiness comes from the simple English word plus the ending -ness, which means 'state' or 'quality'. Think of wordy, which means 'full of words'. So Wordiness is the 'state of using too many words'.