Verbosity means wordiness and it happens when we use more words than necessary in our writing. This is often done when we want our writing to sound formal and intelligent, but verbosity can make our writing confusing and ineffective.

What is the use of verbosity?

the quality of being verbose (= using too many words): Knowing they wouldn't welcome too much verbosity, he simplified his talk. The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity. "I wouldn't use that word," he would tease, challenging my occasional verbosity.

What is verbosity in good writing?

Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary, e.g. "in spite of the fact that" rather than "although". The opposite of verbosity is plain language. ... Synonyms include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, and sesquipedalianism.