1. the quality of using more words than necessary; wordiness
Usage: formal

Examples

• The professor’s verbosity made his lectures difficult to follow.
• Her essay suffered from verbosity and could have been half as long.
• The politician’s verbosity masked his lack of concrete proposals.
• Legal documents are often criticized for their unnecessary verbosity.
• The editor reduced the article’s verbosity while preserving its meaning.
• His verbosity during meetings frustrated his colleagues.