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
Examples of complicated in a Sentence
The game's rules are too complicated.
The machine has a complicated design.
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This narrative has taken center stage over a far more complicated and interesting reality.
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
With the success of TV shows like Hacks and The White Lotus, which explore the beautifully complicated, often messy inner lives of women who don’t fit the ingenue mold, perhaps more production companies will take chances on similar shows.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
Much of the more complicated Swyft logic board was consolidated into smaller custom gate array chips for mass production, along with the use of a regular 68000 instead of the more limited 68008, which was also cheaper in volume despite only being run at 5MHz.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
No other genre has this type of complicated dynamic.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
With the success of TV shows like Hacks and The White Lotus, which explore the beautifully complicated, often messy inner lives of women who don’t fit the ingenue mold, perhaps more production companies will take chances on similar shows.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
Much of the more complicated Swyft logic board was consolidated into smaller custom gate array chips for mass production, along with the use of a regular 68000 instead of the more limited 68008, which was also cheaper in volume despite only being run at 5MHz.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
No other genre has this type of complicated dynamic.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for complicated
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“Complicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complicated. Accessed 14 Sep. 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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