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The situation is when a writer's verbosity obscures meaning.

For example, legal books use center-embedding and unnecessary phrases which can be written simpler. This phenomenon only further confuses readers.

Another example of this is in this sentence: "Trying to bridge my thoughts piece-by-piece for the sake of a of part-time job being unsatiated artist, this piece is about supposing gray matter in the brain receiving implants providing vibration and mild electrical shocks could invoke a greater quality of life."

Can anyone assist a humble fellow?

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  • Can you provide a sample sentence where you would use the word? It's not clear what you are looking for. A verb? A noun? – fev Jan 26 '23 at 10:28

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You could call this writing circuitous, defined by The Free Dictionary as:

Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language

alphabet
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  • This word is used for the circumvention of answering questions. This is typically seen in news articles or literature that reports info. However, the word I'm looking for is more specific to the indirectness making it's meaning vague. – Elainor Jan 26 '23 at 06:28
  • "Circuitous" has that exact meaning; it basically means "indirect." It's sometimes used when people don't speak directly as a way of dodging questions. But that's certainly not its only use! – alphabet Jan 26 '23 at 06:30
  • That sounds about right @alphabet – Elainor Jan 26 '23 at 13:54
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One word that seem to fit the criteria as per the Merriam Webster definitions is:

  1. obfuscate

    • as in to confuse

      to make (something) unclear to the understanding

    irrelevant matters that only serve to obfuscate the fundamental issue of guilt or innocence

Basicaly a Foriegn Argeument
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