verbiage
/'və:biidʤ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Excessive or unnecessary words: An overabundance of words, especially in writing or speech, that adds little meaning or clarity.
- The manner or style of using words: The way in which something is expressed in words; diction or wording.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The contract's dense verbiage made it difficult to understand the actual terms.
- The report was full of bureaucratic verbiage and needed to be simplified.
- He was criticized for the pompous verbiage in his speech.
Advanced Usage
- Legal/Technical Verbiage: Refers to the specialized, often complex and wordy language used in legal documents or technical fields.
- The software license agreement was buried in legal verbiage.
- Cut the verbiage: An informal instruction to stop using unnecessary words and get to the point.
- "Cut the verbiage and tell me what you really mean."
Variants and Related Words
- Verbose (adj): Using or containing more words than are needed; wordy.
- A verbose explanation.
- Verbosity (n): The quality of being verbose; wordiness.
- The verbosity of the essay weakened its argument.
Synonyms
- Wordiness
- Prolixity
- Verbosity
- Circumlocution
- Redundancy
Antonyms
- Conciseness
- Succinctness
- Brevity
- Terseness
Related Idioms
- To be lost in verbiage: To be confused or overwhelmed by an excessive amount of words.
- The main point was lost in a sea of verbiage.
Noun
- the manner in which something is expressed in words
- use concise military verbiage- G.S.Patton
- overabundance of words