wordiness
/ˈwɜːdinəs/noun
उच्चारण वर्डिनस
शब्दाडंबर, शब्द-बहुलता, लफ़्फ़ाज़ी
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noun
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[U] disapproving
the quality of using more words than are needed
शब्दाडंबर, शब्द-बहुलता, लफ़्फ़ाज़ी
- The editor cut the wordiness from Radhika's essay and it became much stronger.
Synonyms verbosity prolixity verbiage long-windedness redundancy
Opposite brevity conciseness succinctness terseness
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
verbosity prolixity verbiage long-windedness redundancy
Antonyms
brevity conciseness succinctness terseness
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The use of more words than are needed is verbosity or prolixity, and using unnecessary words that repeat the meaning is tautology or pleonasm.
ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा शब्दों के प्रयोग को verbosity या prolixity कहते हैं, और अर्थ दोहराने वाले फ़ालतू शब्दों के प्रयोग को tautology या pleonasm कहते हैं।