- past participle of complicate.
- past tense form of complicate.
complicated
Example Sentences
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This week’s volatility could make things more complicated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
The Spanish is archaic, the intonations are complicated, and the words tumble over themselves like a hard charge toward the goal posts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Rather than moving across the ocean as a relatively simple wave, the tsunami displayed a far more complicated pattern, with waves spreading, scattering, and interacting across vast stretches of the Pacific.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
What they want, Martha says, is not complicated - someone to call who can actually come.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
The less transparent the market and the more complicated the securities, the more money the trading desks at big Wall Street firms can make from the argument.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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