complicated
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adj
verb
Freq #1958
Meanings
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1
adj
difficult to analyze or understand
a complicated problem
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2
adj
Difficult or convoluted.
It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
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3
verb
simple past and past participle of complicate
The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
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4
adj
Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
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complicatedlycomplicatednessnoncomplicatedovercomplicatedsemicomplicatedsupercomplicated