wordiness

wordy | American Dictionary

wordy
adjective
us/ˈwɜr·di/
containing too many words:
Your memo is too wordy – make it short and to the point.

Examples of wordy

wordy
Describing playful activity of necessity becomes wordy, but it is nevertheless essential in order to capture and convey what it looks and sounds like.
The complete text answer for this question, on the other hand, becomes wordy, making it very difficult for users to visualize it.
But there were no sounds to support the rather wordy exposition of these fascinating topics.
The book will be an enjoyable read for any curious non-specialist, and interesting background (though probably too wordy) for an undergraduate in geology or geophysics.
The remaining three sections are weak, speculative, overly wordy and loosely argued.
They also avoid being too wordy, long, and sentimental.
But he doesn't find the passive wordy at all.
The editors there say that we shouldn't discriminate between wordy and concise choices in the language.
Furthermore, the author's confession that he found these sermons ' wordy, repetitive and dull ' does not inspire the reader's confidence.
It spots cliches and wordy phrases.
Lander tells the story of the movement in a series of chronological chapters, generally well-written, albeit a trifle wordy.
Hints and sample solutions are given, which would be helpful if it were not for the fact that the sample solutions are needlessly long and wordy.
This style and the desire, correctly in my view, to emphasise the ever-flexible and contingent nature of groupwork does make the text wordy and in places quite dense.
I should be pleased if he would accommodate me in this way, and save us from a rather arduous and wordy debate.
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