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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.

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complicated

/ ˈɒɪˌɪɪ /

adjective

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

  • ˈdzˌٱԱ, noun
  • ˈdzˌٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • dzp·e· adverb
  • dzp·e·Ա noun
  • ܲ·dzp·e adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of complicated1

First recorded in 1640–50; complicate + -ed 2
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After the arrest, the White House stopped harassing opponents and began the long, complicated cover-up of its covert espionage operations.

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Our identities are a complicated calculus of opportunity and challenge.

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“Sometimes one can get around these rules by appealing to higher ups in the organization, but it is unnecessarily difficult, time-consuming and complicated,” Mitchell says.

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The work progressed slowly, growing complicated when the miners struck underground streams, which sent water gushing in.

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These early season burns - predominantly grass, heath and shrub fires - have created great strain on fire services, but their ecological impacts can be complicated.

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