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complicated

[kom-pli-key-tid]

adjective

  1. composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex.

    complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.

  2. difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc..

    a complicated problem.

    Synonyms: , ,


complicated

/ ˈɒɪˌɪɪ /

adjective

  1. made up of intricate parts or aspects that are difficult to understand or analyse

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Other Word Forms

  • complicatedly adverb
  • complicatedness noun
  • uncomplicated adjective
  • ˈdzˌٱԱ noun
  • ˈdzˌٱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of complicated1

First recorded in 1640–50; complicate + -ed 2
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"So this is an appalling situation, one which is complicated and requires intervention," he added.

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Yet beneath the surface, Keen's new factory tells a far more complicated story about what manufacturing in America really looks like today.

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But as Song so blisteringly demonstrated in “Past Lives,” reducing the complicated push-pull of romantic emotions to a simple storytelling device is a disservice to the heart.

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A senior Whitehall figure suggested there were moments in the Cold War that were "more perilous", but the problems then were "more simple – it's so complicated now".

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And I also really wanted to pepper the world with really interesting, complicated women as well.

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