verbose
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It uses its vast database to identify related text that it can string together in prose that is grammatically correct, turgid, exceptionally verbose, and devoid of any understanding of the question or its answer.
From Salon
But between the sometimes frustratingly verbose questioning, we did learn a thing or two.
From BBC
He is not verbose, and at times is relentlessly uninteresting, when he talks to the media.
From Washington Post
And Murphy is verbose in his encouragement of pitchers when he catches bullpen sessions: “Get it here! Get it here! … Atta boy!”
From Seattle Times
But his prose often turns verbose and bombastic.
From Washington Post
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