documento verboso
[do-ku-MEN-tu ver-BO-zu]
noun phrasemasculinepl: documentos verbosos
verbose document
1. A written document that uses excessive words or unnecessarily lengthy language to convey its message; a text that could be expressed more concisely
The legal contract was a verbose document that could have been summarized in half the pages.
O contrato legal era um documento verboso que poderia ter sido resumido em metade das páginas.
2. Any official or formal text characterized by redundancy, prolixity, or circumlocution
The government issued a verbose document explaining the new policy in unnecessarily complicated terms.
O governo emitiu um documento verboso explicando a nova política em termos desnecessariamente complicados.
In Brazilian bureaucracy and legal culture, verbose documents are particularly common and often criticized for making simple matters unnecessarily complex. This term is frequently used by business professionals, lawyers, and government workers to critique administrative texts and formal communications that lack clarity and conciseness.
NYC Slang
wordy document; bloated paperwork
Related Idioms & Phrases
encher linguiça com um documento
documento que não vai direto ao ponto
papel que poderia ser economia de tinta
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