nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing
Wordiness is the use of too many words to say a thing. Cut the wordiness.
It usually comes from not knowing what you meant before you started writing. Wordiness is cured by writing it once and then cutting a third, which nobody enjoys.
Definitions of wordiness
1nounwordinessThe use of too many words to say a thing.C1
“The wordiness of the report hid the one recommendation in it.”