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- Thesaurus|253
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| disorganized | |
| drawn | |
| duplicitous(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| effusive(talkative, wordy, theatrical, prolix) | |
| endless | |
| episodic | |
| equivocating | |
| evasive(adjective, indirect, circuitous) | |
| eventual(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| flowery(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy) | |
| full of air(expression, idiom, tedious, involved, diffuse) | |
| fustian(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy) | |
| grandiloquent(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy) | |
| hesitant | |
| illogical | |
| inarticulate | |
| incidental(ambiguous, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| incoherent | |
| inflated(adjective, wordy) | |
| involved(tedious, diffuse, talkative, wordy, prolix) |
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