adjective
Other Word Forms
- complicatedly adverb
- complicatedness noun
- uncomplicated adjective
Etymology
Origin of complicated
First recorded in 1640–50; complicate + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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First Minister John Swinney previously told parliament that the freedom of information requests had been complicated by the need to make redactions to avoid identifying women who had made allegations against Salmond.
From BBC
Fennell described her film as her own interpretation of the novel rather than a direct adaptation, calling Brontë's story "dense, complicated and difficult".
From BBC
"It's been complicated because there's some fire," he said.
From Barron's
"Inevitably the price reaction is going to continue until we see some sort of off-ramp for this conflict and that could be very, very complicated and drawn out," he adds.
From BBC
I love it when things get really difficult and complicated.
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