diffuseness
Lack of concision
Diffuseness is the quality of being spread out, scattered, or lacking concentration.
Most often it describes writing or speech that wanders without focus: The diffuseness of his argument made it hard to follow.
The word can also describe physical dispersion—light, gas, or population spread thinly across space.
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- long-windednessTedious verbal excess
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
discursiveness · verbiage · redundancy · expatiation · digression · meandering · windiness · loquacity
Openness to multiple interpretations
- nebulosityCloudlike indistinctness
- obscurityState of being unknown
- indistinctnessLack of clarity
- hazinessState of being unclear
fuzziness · imprecision · indefiniteness · murkiness · blurriness · cloudiness · opacity · abstruseness
Distribution in many directions
- spreadingExtending over space
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
radiation · propagation · strewing · broadcast · diaspora · scatter · sprawl · dilution
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- suffusionSpreading throughout gradually
- penetrationEntry into something
saturation · percolation · absorption · imbuing · infusion · transfusion · leaching · soaking
prolixity
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- long-windednessTedious verbal excess
rambling · discursiveness · verbiage · redundancy · expatiation · digression · meandering · windiness · loquacity · garrulity
ambiguity
Openness to multiple interpretations
- nebulosityCloudlike indistinctness
- obscurityState of being unknown
- indistinctnessLack of clarity
haziness · fuzziness · imprecision · indefiniteness · murkiness · blurriness · cloudiness · opacity · abstruseness · wooliness
scattering
Distribution in many directions
- spreadingExtending over space
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- disseminationWide distribution of information
dispersal · radiation · propagation · strewing · broadcast · diaspora · scatter · sprawl · dilution · thinning
osmosis
Solvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- suffusionSpreading throughout gradually
penetration · saturation · percolation · absorption · imbuing · infusion · transfusion · leaching · soaking · interpenetration
- circumlocutioncircumlocution, indirection, indirectness, roundabout, roundaboutness
- wind wordsbreeze, gust, draft, gale, squall
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
diffusenessconciseness
Quality of being brief
brevity · succinctness · terseness · concision · pithiness
diffusenessprecision
Accuracy of measurement
focus · concentration · pointedness · directness · coherence
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