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20 answers for: Unnecessary and excessive use of words (8)
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VERBIAGEUnnecessary and excessive use of words (8)
PLEONASMExcessive use of words that may be found in one psalm (8)
OVERKILLExcessive use of power because king is unwell (8)
RHETORICBombast or excessive use of ornamentation and contrivance in written or spoken discourse
VIOLENCEExcessive use of force
ROIDRAGEViolent behavior due to excessive use of banned athletic substances
NEEDLESSUnnecessary and unwarranted (8)
UNDULATEMostly unnecessary and overdue wave (8)
GOODNESSMy head goes after shot and excessive drug session (8)
SOLECISMUngrammatical use of words - breach of good manners (8)
PARLANCEPoke holes in below-average use of words (8)
EXCLAMATIONMARK“Excessive use of ____s is [...] one of the things that betray the uneducated or unpractised writer” (HW Fowler)
TYRANNYExcessive use of power is unknown in radio
SATINWOODFurniture maker held demo without excessive use of junk (9)
OPPRESSIONExcessive use of power
ABADANObsolete railway slang (from Iranian oil port) for driver who made excessive use of oil (6)
PERIPHRASISExtended use of language and excessive and immoderate verbosity or circumlocution perhaps is misjudged when involved with separate touches of irony and rodomontade
WILHELMSCREAMCry iconic for its excessive use in movies and TV
BADLUCKUnnecessary and unforeseen trouble (3,4)
REDUNDANTUnnecessary and turned off