verbose suggests a resulting dullness, obscurity, or lack of incisiveness or precision.
the verbose position papers
prolix suggests unreasonable and tedious dwelling on details.
habitually transformed brief anecdotes into prolix sagas
diffuse stresses lack of compactness and pointedness of style.
diffuse memoirs that are so many shaggy-dog stories
Example Sentences
Something seems to have gone seriously wrong with the subediting and proof-reading of this self-indulgently verbose and misprint-ridden production, which is further flawed by a mis-match between the author's vaulting theoretical ambitions and his scholarly limitations, notably his faulty grasp of ancient Greek and inability to deliver a clear and consistent line of reasoned and logical argument. Paul Cartledge, Times Literary Supplement, 8 Mar. 1991What makes this tiny tome so much fun are the answers. There are occasional one-word zingers: to a verbose question as to whether a resident of a planet with two suns would have two shadows, Merlin's response is "Yes." The longest answers are about a page in length and seem to be triggered when a questioner happens upon one of the author's favorite topics or pet peeves, such as relativity, tachyons, and the endangered ozone layer. James H. Sharp, Air & Space Smithsonian, February/March 1990I must confess … that if I had known how many classics there are in English literature, and how verbose the best of them contrive to be, I should never have undertaken the work. They only allow one seventy thousand words, you see. Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, 1915 He is a verbose speaker. She has a verbose writing style.
Recent Examples on the WebTruss is far less colorful, less verbose than her former backslapping boss — perhaps in a good way. William Booth, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2022 Laurie Woolery, who has helmed the premieres of several new plays at another New Haven theater, the Yale Rep, in New Haven, has a knack for packing action and needed distraction into scenes that might otherwise be tiringly verbose. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2022 Nate wasn’t very verbose about what had gone on in the foyer. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 28 Feb. 2022 This is a great tool to use so that more verbose and talkative members of the classroom don’t dominate the conversations. Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021 Tate’s ethic of linking the intellectual, practical, and transgressive dimensions of Black cultures came alive in verbose bouts of playfulness that came straight from his participation in Black communal spaces. Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021 Some believe that the human passenger should be able to activate a more verbose version of the commentary driving. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021 Advocates and others say the verbose documents are hard to navigate and daunting when staff needs to know what to do quickly. Claudia Lauer, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021 The younger brother of Lonzo and LiAngelo and the son of verbose LaVar, LaMelo received national headlines for making a half-court shot two seconds into a high school game in 2016. Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2021 See More