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20 answers for: Using more words than are needed
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VERBOSEUsing more words than are needed
PLEONASMUse of more words than are necessary to convey a meaning, as in phrases such as safe haven (8)
OVERCAPACITYState of having more workers etc than are needed to meet existing demand (12)
PLEONASTA person who uses more words than necessary (8)
DREAMT"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are ___ of in your philosophy"
OVERBOOKSell more seats than are available
WASTEFULUsing more than is needed
DITHERINGBy ____ a bitmap, it appears to have more colours than are available
ORATOROne with a more skilful way with words than some...for a Tory! (6)
TWOTIMINGIs using more than one stopwatch cheating? (3-6)
OVERDOTake to excess, using more than one delivery note
POLYRHYTHMICOf music, using more than one apparent time signature simultaneously
MULTIMEDIAUsing more than one platform (10)
POLYTONALUsing more than one key
RUNNINGINTODEBTUsing more and more credit
ELLIPSISPunctuation mark showing one or more words are missing (8)
ALSOWord that means there are more words coming
SEENOTEParenthesized words leading to a few more words
AMANTIA... the things which love (rather than are loved) (n pl participle)
ESSAYSIn philately, proposed designs of vignettes or borders for postage stamps; or, academic writings of fewer words than dissertations or theses (6)