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prolixness

/prəˈlɪks.nəs/

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noun

/prəˈlɪks.nəs/C2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее качество быть утомительно длинным или чрезмерно многословным в речи или на письме, часто до степени скуки.

A noun referring to the quality of being tediously lengthy or overly wordy in speech or writing, often to the point of being boring.

uncountable

  1. Excessive wordinessC2formal

    The quality of using more words than necessary, often in a tedious or boring manner.

    ruМногословие

    • The professor's prolixness made the lecture feel endless.
    • His prolixness in the report obscured the main findings.
    • She avoided prolixness by editing her speech to be more concise.

    Synonymscircumlocutiondiffusenesslong-windednesspleonasmprolixityredundancyverbosenessverbositywordiness

    Antonymsbrevityconcisenesspithinesssuccinctnessterseness

Forms
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  • prolixnesses' possessive plural form
  • prolixness's possessive singular form