Technical Writing — NASA's list of "Weak Phrases"
When writing a technical document or specification, you should get rid of the following phrases whenever you can. They were found to be ineffective by NASA Software Assurance Technology Center:
- adequate
- as a minimum
- as applicable
- easy
- as appropriate
- be able to
- be capable
- but not limited to
- capability of
- capability to
- effective
- if practical
- normal
- provide for
- timely
- tbd
One that I would add to this list is “Numerous.”