verbosity

/vɜːrˈboʊsəti/

noun

  1. The use of more words than necessary, especially in speaking or writing.

    B2

    uncountableformal

    • "The report was clear, but its verbosity made it difficult to read."B2
    • "In his speeches, he often fell into verbosity, losing the audience's attention."B1
    • "The editor removed unnecessary verbosity from the article without changing its meaning."C1

Common mistakes

  • The verbosity of the explanation was very verbose.→The explanation was very verbose.

    Use verbosity as a noun and verbose as an adjective; avoid using both redundantly in the same phrase.

Collocations

unnecessary verbosityexcessive verbosityavoid verbosityreduce verbosity

Word family

verboseverbosely