wordiness
Example Sentences
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It had then probably been doomed by its wordiness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
The result is some wordiness — encounters rendered with admirable sincerity but that feel superfluous, or overlong, as in the protracted scene that begins Act 2 between Brandon and his sister, Bronkovic’s Brittany.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022
To begin, look at the sentences below to get a sense of what wordiness is.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
She sang a version of Sondheim’s “Another Hundred People,” with lyrics like “Another hundred syllables came out of my mouth,” mocking the composer’s wordiness.
From Slate • Sep. 19, 2016
The exigencies of the Chinese language make a literal translation often scarcely endurable or possible, while a lengthened paraphrase gives a wordiness that is not a true reflection of the epigrammatic pithiness of the original.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
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Language and Grammar - High School
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