complicated

adjective/ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtɪd/

Frequency rank: #2,163 most common English word

Meaning

Difficult to understand because of having many connected parts.

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Example sentence

The instructions for assembling the furniture were more complicated than I expected.

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