Belaboring the unnecessary
CompositionStating a minor or uncontroversial point just to defend it as if anticipating an objection nobody was going to raise.
Examples
“We are setting this out in full rather than quietly changing the recommendation, because the failure mode is the reason it matters.”
“I don't mean any of that as cynicism about players.”
“We would rather not put a number on the load the beam can carry until the material testing is complete, because the figure is set almost entirely by three factors that sit with the supplier rather than with us.”
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over-justificationdefensivepadding