Verbose
adjective
Using or containing too many words, not brief or concise.
Her verbose lecture lost the interest of the audience.
Often appears as...
- verbose explanation
- verbose style
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Academic
adjective
Relating to programming with excessive coding.
The program was verbose and could be simplified.
Often appears as...
- verbose code
- verbose programming
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Technical
adjective
Using or containing too many words, not brief or concise.
Her verbose lecture lost the interest of the audience.
Often appears as...
- verbose explanation
- verbose style
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Relating to programming with excessive coding.
The program was verbose and could be simplified.
Often appears as...
- verbose code
- verbose programming
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Attention Span
Verbose language might cause the listener or reader to lose interest due to too much detail.
Despite his knowledge, his verbose speech made the audience sleepy.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impression
Being verbose can be seen as lacking in communication skills, as it's not concise.
She was criticized for her verbose responses during the interview.
Pro Tip 3/3Editing Skill
Learning to avoid verbose writing helps in developing good editing and summarizing skills.
He improved his essay dramatically by cutting out the verbose sections.
Pro Tip 1/3Attention Span
Verbose language might cause the listener or reader to lose interest due to too much detail.
Despite his knowledge, his verbose speech made the audience sleepy.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impression
Being verbose can be seen as lacking in communication skills, as it's not concise.
She was criticized for her verbose responses during the interview.
Pro Tip 3/3Editing Skill
Learning to avoid verbose writing helps in developing good editing and summarizing skills.
He improved his essay dramatically by cutting out the verbose sections.
Pro Tip 1/3Attention Span
Verbose language might cause the listener or reader to lose interest due to too much detail.
Despite his knowledge, his verbose speech made the audience sleepy.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impression
Being verbose can be seen as lacking in communication skills, as it's not concise.
She was criticized for her verbose responses during the interview.
Pro Tip 3/3Editing Skill
Learning to avoid verbose writing helps in developing good editing and summarizing skills.
He improved his essay dramatically by cutting out the verbose sections.
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Stefan Sagmeister: The...
that hide a magnet inside, and make those compasses go crazy, always centering on them. Then this is a fairly talkative, verbose kind of chair. I also started meditating for the first time in my life in Bali. And at the same time, I'm extremely aware
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Stefan Sagmeister: The...
that hide a magnet inside, and make those compasses go crazy, always centering on them. Then this is a fairly talkative, verbose kind of chair. I also started meditating for the first time in my life in Bali. And at the same time, I'm extremely aware
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Phil Jackson
American Coach
There's a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each other... But sometimes in practice, it gets too verbose... so I tried to take things out of the ordinary and make them special so they'd understand the difference.
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Gail Carriger
American Writer
I get really flowery and verbose in my adult books, but I don't think I dumb down my Y.A. It's just cleaner and more snappy. And the adult books have multiple points-of-view. In my Y.A., it's always third person from the main character's perspective.
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Eli Drake
When I was at the Performance Center, I was super hated for probably two or three months because I'm a quiet guy. I'm very much an introvert and it shocks people when they see what I do on TV because I'm verbose and I talk a lot.
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
Upon reading the deeply serious opening of Scott Spencer's 'Endless Love', you will very likely laugh out loud. The tone is something like what you might find in a teenager's diary: verbose, feverish, furiously self-important.
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Andrew Breitbart
American Businessman
I remember thinking when I was in college that a lot of these known Chomsky-like, verbose, high-lefty thinkers made absolutely no sense, but I thought that was my problem.
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Pankaj Kapur
Indian Actor
Most of the theatre work that you see in India is very verbose and the visual is whatever you can create on stage.
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Josh Elliott
American Journalist
Be prepared to fall out of love with your words. I'm still too verbose at times.
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Josh Gad
American Actor
I'm unfortunately very verbose too often.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
Revolutions are always verbose.
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Phil Jackson
American Coach
There's a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each other... But sometimes in practice, it gets too verbose... so I tried to take things out of the ordinary and make them special so they'd understand the difference.
Quote examples
Gail Carriger
American Writer
I get really flowery and verbose in my adult books, but I don't think I dumb down my Y.A. It's just cleaner and more snappy. And the adult books have multiple points-of-view. In my Y.A., it's always third person from the main character's perspective.
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Eli Drake
When I was at the Performance Center, I was super hated for probably two or three months because I'm a quiet guy. I'm very much an introvert and it shocks people when they see what I do on TV because I'm verbose and I talk a lot.
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
Upon reading the deeply serious opening of Scott Spencer's 'Endless Love', you will very likely laugh out loud. The tone is something like what you might find in a teenager's diary: verbose, feverish, furiously self-important.
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Andrew Breitbart
American Businessman
I remember thinking when I was in college that a lot of these known Chomsky-like, verbose, high-lefty thinkers made absolutely no sense, but I thought that was my problem.
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Pankaj Kapur
Indian Actor
Most of the theatre work that you see in India is very verbose and the visual is whatever you can create on stage.
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Josh Elliott
American Journalist
Be prepared to fall out of love with your words. I'm still too verbose at times.
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Josh Gad
American Actor
I'm unfortunately very verbose too often.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
Revolutions are always verbose.
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