palaver.

1. Prolonged talk or discussion, often seen as unnecessary or unproductive.

2. A bothersome amount of fuss or complicated effort over something.

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Words that belong together

• endless palaver
• much palaver

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After an hour of palaver, they agreed to use the original route.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.