1. the quality of using too many words; excessive verbosity

Examples

• The professor’s wordiness made his lectures difficult to follow.
• Her essay suffered from wordiness and could have been half as long.
• The contract’s wordiness obscured its main points.
• He was known for his wordiness in meetings, often taking twenty minutes to make a simple point.
• The editor helped reduce the wordiness in the manuscript.
• Students should avoid wordiness in their writing and aim for clarity instead.