12
circumlocutory(adjective, tedious, involved, ambiguous, diffuse)
12
verbose(adjective, style, words, excess, surplus)
11
roundabout(adjective, rambling, indirect, circuitous, tortuous)
9
indirect(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended)
9
rambling(adjective, confused, ambiguous, talkative, incidental)
8
ambagious(adjective, diffuseness)
8
circuitous(adjective, confused, ambiguous, pointless, rambling)
7
diffuse(adjective, style, words, tedious, excess)
6
circumlocutious
6
discursive(adjective, confused, ambiguous, rambling, indirect)
6
long-winded(adjective, style, words, excess, confused)
6
pleonastic(adjective, style, words, tedious, excess)
6
prolix(adjective, style, words, excess, confused)
6
wordy(adjective, style, words, excess, confused)
5
redundant(adjective, style, words, tedious, excess)
4
circular(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
devious(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
oblique(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
tortuous(adjective, tedious, involved, ambiguous, indirect)
3
loquacious(adjective, tedious, involved, surplus, diffuse)
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