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Definition of verbosity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verbosity

noun

/vɜːˈbɒsəti/

/vɜːrˈbɑːsəti/

[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)

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the fact of using or containing more words than are needed

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