wordiness
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It had then probably been doomed by its wordiness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
In some ways, the wordiness of “Hamilton” proved advantageous.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 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
Mr. Browning was not personally acquainted with either John Sterling or Caroline Fox, and what he knew of the former as a poet did not, to his mind, bear out this marked objection to wordiness.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.
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Language and Grammar - High School
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