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long-windedness

noun

as in wordiness
the use of too many words to express an idea that professor's long-windedness has long been legendary on campus

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Recent Examples of long-windedness Hannah Einbinder’s pledge to make up the difference for her long-windedness was a clever move that probably should have been employed more. — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 Taken in total, the speech is an eloquent reminder that long-windedness perturbs listeners. — Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-windedness
  1. wordiness
  2. repetition
  3. verbosity
  4. repetitiveness
  5. garrulity
  6. diffusion
  7. wordage
  8. circumlocution
Noun
  • Others speak of letting go and moving on, hinting at ideological skirmishes between nihilism and existentialism which aren’t quite allowed to emerge from beneath the film’s oppressive wordiness until late into its runtime.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of wordiness
Noun
  • The Brazilian flip-flop brand’s familiar design codes were jumping-off points for repetition, alteration and unexpected transformation across the collection.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Clients support the development of future beauty professionals, while students gain the repetition and perspective that help turn classroom knowledge into professional skill.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of repetition
Noun
  • His verbosity has become a point of contention.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Clarity In the AI era, verbosity is free and clarity is expensive.
    — Ankur Shah, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of verbosity
Noun
  • The repetitiveness of the plot is not helped by the many montages writer-director Yandy Laurens uses as shortcuts, instead of writing scenes that show how the central relationship is developing.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Definition of repetitiveness
Noun
  • Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.
    — Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
Definition of garrulity
Noun
  • The system relies on a gas diffusion electrode, which is a membrane made of the same type of material used in non-stick cookware.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As diffusion models and computational power matured toward the end of 2023 and into 2024, the frontier inevitably moved to video.
    — Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of diffusion
Noun
  • On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.
    — Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Definition of wordage
Noun
  • But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
Definition of circumlocution

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“Long-windedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-windedness. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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