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pleonastic

adjective/plioʊˈnæstɪk/

characterized by the use of more words than necessary to convey meaning

The author's pleonastic style made the novel feel unnecessarily lengthy, with repeated phrases that could have been omitted.

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word origin — from Greek 'pleonasmos', meaning 'excess' or 'superfluity'