- past participle of complicate.
- past tense form of complicate.
complicated
Example Sentences
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The film had subtitles and a complicated “eat the rich” subtext.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
“He was one of the few who deeply understood that, and he was there when you were wrestling with something that was very complicated or very difficult.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“But it’s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
OpenAI acknowledged the decision involved "a complicated set of tradeoffs" but said the filing preserves its flexibility.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
I expected them to be shocked that, once upon a time on Wall Street, the CEOs had only the vaguest idea of the complicated risks their bond traders were running.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing complicated
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Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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