1000 Wordiness Examples With Answers

When your writing is concise, precise, and snappy, readers will enjoy consuming your content. Your writing becomes wordy when you either intentionally or unintentionally use many unnecessarily, complex or abstract words. This can seriously mince the quality of your writing and frustrate your readers. Thus, wordiness is when you use more words than necessary to convey the desired message.

What should you do when your writing is wordy?

Remove or replace those wordy words. If not, rephrase the sentence.

Here are examples of wordiness in sentences.
It seems to be effective –> It seems effective
The amount of energy being used –> The amount of energy used
We make a majority of our decisions in a brief moment –> We make most of our decisions quickly.

You can also use Fatherprada Wordiness Checker to automatically highlight wordiness in your writing and also suggest corrections.

Wordiness Examples With Answers:

Wordy	Suggestion/Answers
absolutely essential	essential
aforementioned	DELETE
a bigger degree of	more
a greater degree of	more
a higher degree of	more
a larger degree of	more
a considerable amount of	DELETE OR BE SPECIFIC
a decreased number of	fewer
a distance of	just state the distance
a lesser degree of	less
a smaller degree of	fewer
a lot of	many, much
a majority of	most, much of, many
a person who is	a xxx person
a total of	just state the number
added bonus	bonus
advance notice	notice
advance reservations	reservations
advance warning	warning
advance planning	planning
after all is said and done	DELETE
all across	across
all of	all
all of a sudden	suddenly
all of these	these
all-time record	record
almost never	seldom
along the lines of	like
any and all	all
are such that	DELETE
is such that	DELETE
are able to	can, OR DELETE
was able to	could, OR remove and change the verb after “to” into past tense
were able to	could, OR remove and change the verb after “to” into past tense
armed gunman	gunman
assemble together	assemble
attach together	attach
as a matter of fact	in fact OR DELETE
as a means to	to
as a result of	because of
as a whole	DELETE
as a way to	to
as being a	as OR DELETE
as it truly is	DELETE
as of the moment	DELETE
as the case may be	DELETE
at a later date	later
at the conclusion of	after
at all times	always OR DELETE
at first glance	DELETE
at the present time	currently, now
at the same time that	while
at this point in time	now OR DELETE
autobiography of his [or her] life	autobiography
bald-headed	bald
based in large part on	based on
based on the fact that	since/because
basic necessity	necessity
basic fundamentals	basics OR fundamentals
because of the fact of	because of
being	DELETE
being that	because
best ever	best
beyond a shadow of a doubt	DELETE
blend together	blend
both of these	both
both of them	both
both of the	both
brings to mind	recalls/suggests
brief moment	moment
brief summary	summary
but yet	but OR yet
burning embers	embers
by and large	DELETE
by definition	DELETE
by leaps and bounds	DELETE
by means of	by
by the same token	DELETE OR similarly/likewise
by the use of	using
came to a realization	realized/recognized
came to an abrupt end	end[ed] abruptly
careful scrutiny	scrutiny
can be seen as	is OR DELETE
classify into groups	classify
clearly articulate	articulate
close scrutiny	scrutiny
close down	close
close up	close
collaborate together	collaborate
combine together	combine
come to the understanding	understand
common similarities	similarities
comparatively larger than	larger than/smaller than
comparatively smaller than	smaller than
compare and contrast	compare
compete with each other	compete
complete stranger	stranger
completely	DELETE
concerning the matter of	about/regarding
conduct an investigation into	investigate
connected together	connected
continue into the future	continue OR DELETE
continue on	continue
consensus of opinion	consensus
consider to be	DELETE
considered to be	DELETE
core essence	DELETE
correctional facility	jail
crisis situation	crisis
dates back to	dates to
depreciate in value	depreciate
great pleasure from	enjoy, appreciate, etc.
despite the fact that	although
did not succeed	failed
disappear from sight	disappear
doomed to perish	doomed
due to the effects	because
due to the fact that	because
dull in appearance	dull
during the course of	during, while
each and every	each, every
each individual	DELETE OR everyone
each of	each
early on in the	early in the
each separate incident	each incident
economically deprived	poor
eliminate altogether	eliminate
emergency situation	emergency
enclosed herewith	enclosed
end result	result
engaged in	DELETE
enter into	enter OR DELETE
epic quest	quest OR epic
equal to one another	equal
equally as good	equally good OR equal
erode away	erode
every single one	each one, all, each
exactly identical	identical
exactly the same	the same For Jack, every well was exactly the same
fair amount	DELETE [or be specific]
fall down	fall
few and far between	rare, unusual OR DELETE
few in number	few
filled to capacity	filled [full]
final outcome	final OR DELETE
first priority	priority
first and foremost	first
fly through the air	fly
foreign imports	imports
for all intents and purposes	DELETE
for that which is	for the
for the manner in which	the way
for the purpose of	to, for
foreseeable future	[when exactly?]
free gift	gift
frozen ice	ice
future plans	plans OR prospects
gain entry into	enter
general consensus	consensus
general public	public
give an indication of	indicate
give consideration to	consider
grave crisis	crisis
grow in size	grow
hand in hand	together
has the ability to	can
a tendency to	often OR DELETE
been found to be	is/was/are
the ability to	can/could
the capacity for	can/could
the effect of	DELETE
the opportunity to	can/could
an effect upon	influenced
hear the sound of	hear
heat up	heat
I myself	I
clear and concise	[concisely] concise
a situation in which	eperienced
in a very real sense	DELETE
in a way that is clear	clearly OR clear way
in actuality	DELETE
in all probability	probably/likely
in close proximity	near
in light of the fact that	because
in itself	DELETE
in nature	DELETE
in order to	to
in reality	DELETE
in reference to	about/regarding
in the event that	if
in the neighborhood of	about
in the vicinity of	near
in today’s society	today
in spite of	despite
in spite of the fact that	although
in such a way	in a way
in terms of	DELETE
in the area of	in OR around
in the course of	during, while
in the final analysis	finally OR DELETE
in light of	considering OR DELETE
in a majority of instances	usually
in the midst of	during, amid
the nature of	DELETE
in the near future	soon OR DELETE
in the not too distant future	soon OR DELETE
in their own right	DELETE
in this day and age	currently, now, today
in view of the fact that	because
in which	DELETE
inadvertent error	error
inner feelings	feelings
interestingly enough	DELETE
intertwined together	intertwined
intertwine together	intertwine
irregardless	DELETE
is a reflection of	reflects
is able to	can OR DELETE
is an important factor in	DELETE
is aware of the fact that	knows
is described as being	is OR is described as
is found to be	is
is going to	will
is helpful in understanding	clarifies
is in conflict with	conflicts with/is against
is in contrast to	contrasts with
is of significant importance	is significant OR is important
is scared of	fears
is seen as	is
is something that is	is
is well aware that	understands
is when	is OR DELETE
is where	DELETE
appears as though	appears OR DELETE
seems as though	seems
can be seen that	DELETE
could happen that	could/may/might
goes to show that	DELETE
clear that	DELETE
evident that	DELETE
apparent that	DELETE
it is crucial that	must/should OR DELETE
it is important that	must/should OR DELETE
interesting	BE MORE SPECIFIC
necessary that	must/should OR DELETE
it is possible that	DELETE
it is rarely the case that	[X] rarely happens
should be noted that	DELETE OR note that
should be pointed out that	note that
would seem that	DELETE
would appear that	DELETE
gather together	join/gather
join together	gather/join
joint collaboration	collaboration
joyous celebration	celebration
kind of	DELETE
kneel down	kneel
lag behind	lag
last but not least	finally
last but not the least	finally
later on	later
lift up	lift
local residents	residents
longer/shorter in length	longer/shorter
look ahead to the future	look ahead, plan OR DELETE
made out of	made from, made of
mainly focuses on	focuses on
major breakthrough	breakthrough
make a decision	decide
make a determination	decide
make an assumption	assume
make an effort	try
made an effort	try
make contact with	contact
with reference to	about
manner in which	way
many different kinds of	many
many different ways	many ways
meet together	meet
mental attitude	attitude
merge together	merge
mix together	mix
more or less	be specific
more preferable	preferable
mutual agreement	agreement
mutual respect for	respect
nape of the neck	nape
native habitat	habitat
natural instinct	instinct
necessary prerequisite	prerequisite
never before	never
new invention	invention/innovation
new innovation	innovation/invention
new record	record
new recruit	recruit
none at all	none
nostalgia for the past	nostalgia
not the least of them being	AVOID
of great importance	DELETE OR is important
off of	off OR from
old custom	custom/adage
on a daily basis	daily
on account of the fact that	because
on the basis of	because, based on
the grounds that	because
the occasion of	on/preparing for
the situation of	about
the subject of	about OR DELETE
surface level	surface
on the whole	DELETE
on top of this	moreover OR DELETE
on top of that	moreover
one of the more	DELETE
one of the most	DELETE
only serves to	DELETE
open up	open
over again	repeatedly
over exaggerate	exaggerate
overall goal	goal
overall structure	structure
overexaggerate	exaggerate
owing to the fact that	because
particular type of	DELETE
past experience	experience
past history	history
past memories	memories
the amount of	DELETE
penetrate into	penetrate
period of time	period, time, or DELETE
personal friend	friend
personal opinion	opinion
personally	DELETE
pick and choose	choose
plan ahead	plan
plan in advance	plan
play an important role	DELETE [be specific]
plays an important role	DELETE [be specific]
polar opposites	opposites
possible course of action	choice
possible courses of action	choices
previous/prior to	before
proceed ahead	proceed
prior to	before
protest against	protest
providing that	provided
put to use	use
puzzling in nature	puzzling
quite clearly	DELETE
readily apparent	apparent
real life	TRUE
reconsider again	reconsider
refer back	refer
reply back	reply
reflect back	reflect
regardless of the fact that	although
respective	DELETE
respectively	DELETE
right up to the	to the
rise up	rise
in shape	DELETE
safe haven	haven
exactly the same thing	repeat
scrutinize carefully	scrutinize
prefer to have	prefer
serious danger	danger
serve the purpose of	DELETE
serves to show	shows
serve to show	show
set a new record	set a record
shout loudly	shout
in size	DELETE
some kind of	DELETE
sort of	DELETE
spell out in detail	spell out OR DELETE
state of affairs	DELETE [vague] Their accident was a terrible state
still has yet	has yet
study in depth	study
subsequent to	after
subsequent to the use of	after using
sudden impulse	impulse
sum total	total OR sum
summarize briefly	summarize
surrounded on all sides	surrounded
sworn affidavit	affidavit
symbolically represents	represents OR symbolizes
take action	act
take into account	consider
taken the time	DELETE
in height	DELETE
terrible tragedy	tragedy
this being said	DELETE
that being said	DELETE
that exists	DELETE
that exists between	between/with/among
that exists among	between/with/among
that exists with	between/with/among
that is	DELETE when possible
that are	DELETE when possible
that were	DELETE when possible
that is to say	DELETE
the color	just state the name of the color
complete opposite of	the opposite of
final result	result
human race	humanity OR people
the fact that	that OR DELETE
the fact remains	DELETE
final conclusion	conclusion
majority of	most/many
means by which	how
manner by which	how
the month of	DELETE
overall plan	plan
possibility exists	may/might/could
is to illustrate	wordy
is to show	wordy
is to determine	wordy
is to demonstrate	wordy
the reason is because	the reason/because
the reason why	the reason, why, because
type of	DELETE
a tendency	DELETE OR BE SPECIFIC
there is	DELETE
there are	DELETE
there was	DELETE
there were	DELETE
total destruction	destruction
to a certain extent	DELETE OR BE SPECIFIC
to be in a position to	to
to make a plan	to plan
to make a decision	to decide
to make an acquisition	to acquire
to make an arrangement	to arrange
true fact	fact
in the afternoon	p.m.
in the morning	a.m.
ultimate fate	fate
ultimate objective OR goal	objective OR goal
unexpected emergency	emergency
unexpected surprise	surprise
unintentional mistake	mistake
unique in his own way	DELETE
united as one	united
until such time as	until
useless in function	useless
utmost perfection	perfection
vacillate back and forth	vacillate
valuable asset	asset
various different	various
very unique	unique
violent explosion	explosion
virtually	DELETE
visible to the eye	visible
warn in advance	warn
of the opinion that	believe
as a society	society
can see that	AVOID
we were found to be in agreement	we agreed
well aware of	aware
in attendance	attend[ed]
what is important is	DELETE
when all is said and done	DELETE
whether or not	whether/if OR DELETE
which have been found to be	are OR DELETE
which is	DELETE when possible
which are	DELETE when possible
which were	DELETE when possible
will come in the future	will come
will have an effect on	will effect
with the possible exception of	except for
who are	DELETE
who was	DELETE
who were	DELETE
the way it does	that way
with regard to	about/regarding
with the exception of	except for
witnessed first hand	witnessed
young in age	young
at the risk of	risking
at / by one	near
at / for a fraction of	discounted
at / from the outset	initially
at / in the end	finally
at / on sight	immediately
at / on the double	quickly
at one time	once
at a disadvantage	disadvantaged
at a discount	discounted
at a distance	far
at a glance	immediately
at a guess	estimate
at a loss	unable
at a moment	instantly
at a price	costing
at a rate of	at
at a speed of	travelling
at a standstill	stopped
at all costs
at all events	regardless
at an advantage	advantaged
at any cost
at any rate
at breakfast	breakfasting/ed
at ease with	peaceful
at face value
at fault	responsible
at full strength
at hand	near
at heart
at home with	accepting
at issue	disputing
at large	roaming
at length	eventually
at liberty	free
at odds with	disputing
at once	immediately
at peace with	accept
at play	playing
at present	now
at random	randomly
in front of	before
at the age of	X years old
at the beginning	initially
at the expense of	costing
at the foot of	beneath
at the hands of	subservient to
at the height of	peaking
at the latest	most recent
at the mercy of
at the peak of	cresting
at the same time	simultaneously
at the thought of	thinking
at the time of	during
at the top of	topping
at this juncture	now
at times	sometimes
at war with	fighting
at work	working
behind the scenes	incognito
by chance	possibly
by the name of	named
with luck	luckily
by accident	accidentally
by all accounts
by all means	certainly
by coincidence	coincidentally
by courtesy of	thanks to
by degrees	gradually
by design	intentional
by far	clearly
by force	forcefully
by hand	manually
by heart	memorized
by mistake	mistakenly
by nature	innately
by no means
by oneself
by order of
by process of
by profession
by reason of
by request
by rights	deserve(d)
by sight	immediately
by surprise	surprised
by the side of	aside
by virtue of	by
by way of	via
for a good cause	philathropically
for the benefit	for
for a good reason	justly
for a change
for certain	certainly
for fear of	fearing
for good	completely
for granted	assume(d)
for lack of	lacking
for my part	DELETE
for his part	DELETE
for her part	DELETE
for their part
for real	truly
for the good of	benefitting
for the sake of	for
for want of	lacking
in no time	quickly
at the forefront of	leading
in the forefront of	leading
in demand	demanded/wanted
on demand	demanded/wanted
out of focus	unclear
in focus	clear
in one’s element	familiar
out of season	not current
in season	current
in stock	available
out of touch with	unfamiliar with
in touch with	familiar with
out of use	obsolete/unused/old
in use	current/used/relevant
with difficulty	not easily
in difficulty	challenged
within sight of	near
in sight of	near
in a deep sleep	slumbering/sleeping
in a flash	quickly
in a heap	heaped
in a hurry	rushing
in a mess	scattered/messy
in a pile	piled
in a sense	somewhat
in a temper	angry
in abeyance	receding/abeying/waning
in abundance	frequent/abundant
in accordance with	DELETE
in action	active
in addition to	and
in advance	before/previous
in agony	agonizing
in agreement with	agreeing
in aid of	helping
in all likelihood	likely
in an instant	instantly
in an uproar	furious/upset/crazed
in answer to	answering
in anticipation of	anticipating
in arrears	late
in awe of	awed by
in blossom	blooming
in brief	briefly
in character	DELETE
in charge of	leading
in collaboration with	with
in combination with	with
in command of	controlling/commanding
in common	sharing
in comparison with	and
in compensation for	for
in conclusion	DELETE
in confidence	confidentially
in confinement	confined
in confusion	confused
in conjunction with	with
in connection with	with
in consequence of	resulting in
in contact with	known/knowing
in contrast to	and/unlike/or
in contrast with	and/unlike/or
in control of	controlling/leading
in debt	owing
in decline	declining
in defense of	defending
in detail	specifically/detailed
in disgrace	disgracefully
in disguise	disguised
in disorder	disordered
in dispute	disputing
in distress	distressed
in doubt	doubting
in due course	DELETE or eventually
in duplicate	twice/repeated/doubled
in earnest	earnestly
in effect	DELETE
in error	wrong
in essence	essentially
in excess of	exceeding
in exchange for	for
in existence	existing/exists
in fact	DELETE
in fairness to	acknowledging
in favor of	favoring
in fear of	fearing
in flames	flaming/burning
in flower	blooming
in full	fully
in the future	next/soon/ahead
in gear	moving
in general	generally
in good condition	pristine/well-maintained
in bad condition	wrecked/worn down
in good faith	sincere(ly)
in hand	holding
in harmony with	agreeing/harmonizing with
in haste	quickly
in hiding	secretly/incognito
in high spirits	upbeat
in honor of	honoring
in horror of	abhorring
in isolation	isolated
in its infancy	beginning/inception
in jeopardy	risking
in keeping with	maintaining
in labor	laboring/giving birth
in league with	allied
in length	DELETE
in line with	follows
in love with	loves
in memory of	remembering/honoring
in mid-air	mid-air
in mind	thinking
in moderation	moderately
in mourning	mourning
in name only	artificial/sinecure
in office	elected/representing
in operation	using/used
in opposition to	opposing
in origin	originally
in other words	basically
in pain	hurting
in particular	specifically
in person	DELETE
in pieces	broken
in place of	replacing
in possession of	owning/possessing
in poverty	impoverished
in practice	traditionally
in preference to	preferring
in preparation for	for/preparing for
in principle	theoretically
in private	privately
in progress	progressing
in proportion to	proportionally/proportionately
in proportion with	proportionately/proportionally
in public	publically
in pursuit of	pursuing
in quantity	amount
in question	DELETE
in recognition of	recognizing
in relation to	relates/relating (to)
in reply to	replying
in reserve	reserved
in residence	residing
in respect of	respecting
in response to	responding to
in revenge for	to avenge
in reverse	backwards/reverse
in ruins	ruined
in safety	safe
best interest	DELETE
her opinion	DELETE or thinks
my opinion	DELETE or think
his opinion	DELETE or thinks
in search of	searching for
in secret	secretly/incognito
in self-defense	defensively
in settlement of	DELETE
in silence	silently
in store	expecting/imminent
in succession	succeeding
in support of	supporting
in sympathy with	sympathizing with
in tears	crying
in terror	terrified
in the absence of	lacking/without
in the aftermath	resulting in
in the balance	DELETE
in the case of	for
in the distance	distantly
in the event of	if
in the extreme	extremely
in the eyes of	according to
in the flesh	DELETE
in the form of	DELETE
in the habit of	usually
in the interests of	for
in the lead	leading
in the long run	eventually
in the making	forming OR REWRITE
in the meantime	meanwhile/simultaneously
in the mood for	desiring/wanting
in the name of	for
in the night	at night
in the open	openly
in the process of	beginning to/starting to
in the right	correct
in the seclusion of	secluded by
in the shade	shaded
in the space of	within
in the wake of	after
in the way of	like
in the wrong	wrong
in theory	theoretically
in times of	during
in town	here/there
in trouble	troubled/embattled
in tune with	agreeing with
in turmoil	disagreeing
in turn	DELETE
in unison	together
in vain	vainly
in view of	considering
in vogue	hip/fashionable/chic
of the opinion	thinks or DELETE
on duty	working
off duty	off
off their rocker	crazy
on the watch for	waiting for/expecting
behind	late
on schedule	punctual
off the record	private(ly)
on the record	public(ly)
on the road	travelling
under oath	sworn
under pain of	DELETE
on the air	playing
off the air	discontinued
off balance	unbalanced
on a diet	dieting
on a large scale	generally
on a small scale	specifically
on a regular basis	regularly
on account of	due to/because of
on average	generally
on behalf of	for
on condition that	assuming/if
on credit	borrowing/lending
on display	displayed
on edge	worried
on end	DELETE
on file	recorded
on fire	burning
on foot	walking
on good terms	amicable/friendly
on guard	guarding
on hand	DELETE
on horseback	horseriding
on impulse	impulsively
on leave	absent/vacationing/travelling
on no account	never
on occasion	occasionally
own terms	DELETE
on your own	individually
on her own	individually
on his own	individually
on their own	individually
on one	individually
on paper	recorded
on patrol	patroling
on purpose	intentionally
upon reflection	DELETE
on reflection	DELETE
on sale	discounted
on second thought	however
on show	displayed
on strike	striking
on suspicion of	suspecting
on the agenda	planned
on the assumption	assuming/if
on the brink of	nearly/almost
on the dot	exactly
on the edge of	nearly/almost
on the eve of	near
on the grounds of	because of
on the horizon	near/soon
on the hour	prompt
on the increase	increasing
on the job	working
on the move	moving
on the off-chance	if
on the outskirts	nearby/near
on the part of	for
on the phone	talking
on the point of	near/close to
on the run	running
on the strength of	based on
on the stroke of	DELETE
on the tip of	near to
on the top of	leading
on the understanding that	given/assuming
on the verge of	almost
on the way to	heading to/toward
on time	prompt
on vacation	vacationing
in fashion	fashionable
out of fashion	unfashionable
in print	current
out of print	discontinued
in step	following
out of step	not following
out of breath	winded/exhausted/tired
out of control	uncontrollable
out of curiosity	DELETE
out of date	outdated
out of doors	outside
out of order	broken
out of pity	sympathizing/pitying
out of place	improper
out of reach	unreachable
out of respect for	honoring
out of sight	unattainable
out of spite	spiteing
out of stock	unavailable
out of the ordinary	unusual
out of the question	impossible
out of work	unemployed
through no fault of	innocently
on the contrary	instead
to an extent	DELETE
to date	DELETE
to excess	excessively
to one	surprisingly
to his face	directly
to her face	directly
to my face	directly
to this day	until now
to the best of	DELETE
to the detriment of	harming
to the exclusion of	excluding
to the full	fully
under age	a minor
under arrest	arrested
under consideration	X is considering
under construction	X is constructing
under discussion	discussing
under lock and key	protected/safeguarded
under pressure	pressured
under regulations	expected
under repair	X is repairing
under strain	straining to
under stress	stressed
under suspicion	suspected of
under the command of	commanded by
under the impression that	thinking/believing that
under the influence	intoxicated/high/drunk
under the misapprehension	assuming
without success	unsuccessfully
with success	successfully
with a view to	DELETE or to
with an eye to	DELETE or to
with regret	regretfully
with respect to	regarding
with the aid of	with
with the compliments of	thanks to
with the help of	thanks to
with the intention of	intending to
within reason	reasonably
within grasp	near
within reach of	attainable/can attain
within walking distance	nearby/near
without a doubt	undoubtedly
without doubt	undoubtedly
without a break	unceasingly
without a hitch	easily
without delay	directly
without exception	universally
without fail	dependably
without foundation	baseless
without precedent	unprecedented
without question	unquestionably
without warning	unexpected
whole different	different
do not like	dislike

What should you do when your writing is wordy?

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