complicated

[ kom-pli-key-tid ]
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adjective
  1. composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.

  2. difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a complicated problem.

Origin of complicated

1
First recorded in 1640–50; complicate + -ed2

Other words for complicated

Other words from complicated

  • com·pli·cat·ed·ly, adverb
  • com·pli·cat·ed·ness, noun
  • un·com·pli·cat·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for complicated

complicated

/ (ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪtɪd) /


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

Derived forms of complicated

  • complicatedly, adverb
  • complicatedness, noun

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