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repeating(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy)
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repetitious(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy)
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repetitive(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy)
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round-about
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roundabout unintended(expression, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
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roving
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scrambled
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secondary(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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serpentine(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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sinister(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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sinuous(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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slick
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snaking(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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sneaking(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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sneaky(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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spun
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spun out(verb, phrasal verb, diffuseness)
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subsidiary(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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talkative(wordy, prolix)
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talky(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative, wordy)
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