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1
the use of too many words to express an idea
- teachers loathe the verbiage that students resort to in order to pad a paper
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2
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere
- the pretentious verbiage that one finds in the reviews of self-important art critics
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3
the way in which something is put into words
- as per the standard verbiage of military reports, the assault was launched at "0700 hours"
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The first known use of verbiage was circa 1721
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