complicated
adjective
com·pli·cat·ed
ˈkäm-plə-ˌkā-təd 
1
: consisting of parts intricately combined
a complicated recipe
complicated machinery
2
: difficult to analyze, understand, or explain
a complicated issue
his absurdly complicated life
complicatedly
adverb
complicatedness
noun
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Examples of complicated in a Sentence
The game's rules are too complicated.
The machine has a complicated design.
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 15 Feb. 2025
Construed as a pedagogical exercise more than entertainment, the film offers a deep reading into the complicated plurality of the populace that constitutes nations such as Germany.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
The new president and the new Captain America are both allies and adversaries, a dynamic that gets complicated amid what amounts to a Marvel-scale conspiracy thriller.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The job has gotten more complicated, however, since Donald Trump arrived on the national political scene, beginning with Michaels’s decision to let Trump host in 2015.
—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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complicated
adjective
com·pli·cat·ed
ˈkäm-plə-ˌkāt-əd
1
: consisting of many combined parts
complicated machinery
2
: difficult to analyze, understand, or explain : complex
complicatedly
adverb
complicatedness
noun
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