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Recent Examples of overcomplicated
Unfortunately, the system is one of the worst of the year, failing to connect with my Droid for the majority of the test and being generally overcomplicated and anti-intuitive.
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Josh Max, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
All the ingredients were pristine, but it wasn't overcomplicated or filling in a bad way.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2023
Stuart Isett—Fortune The U.S. health system has often been criticized for putting profits above patients with exorbitant fees and overcomplicated processes that get in the way of keeping people healthy.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Well, 24 May 2024
If life has become overcomplicated, make an effort to remove some of those obstacles.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
The ghosts aim to widen the significance of these events, but their observations are usually either overcomplicated or banal—sometimes both.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
As is increasingly common in our remorselessly overcomplicated age, the coverage of Hamas’s extraordinarily brutal incursion into the nation of Israel has been sliced and diced along a whole host of convoluted lines.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 10 Oct. 2023
So many series on TV right now are overlong, overserious, overcomplicated and overly dull.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
Last year its groundbreaking Tonda Rattrapante GMT brought minimalism to the often overcomplicated complication of two time zones, via a hidden second hour hand, revealed by a push of a button.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 18 June 2023
Josh Max, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
All the ingredients were pristine, but it wasn't overcomplicated or filling in a bad way.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2023
Stuart Isett—Fortune The U.S. health system has often been criticized for putting profits above patients with exorbitant fees and overcomplicated processes that get in the way of keeping people healthy.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Well, 24 May 2024
If life has become overcomplicated, make an effort to remove some of those obstacles.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
The ghosts aim to widen the significance of these events, but their observations are usually either overcomplicated or banal—sometimes both.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
As is increasingly common in our remorselessly overcomplicated age, the coverage of Hamas’s extraordinarily brutal incursion into the nation of Israel has been sliced and diced along a whole host of convoluted lines.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 10 Oct. 2023
So many series on TV right now are overlong, overserious, overcomplicated and overly dull.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
Last year its groundbreaking Tonda Rattrapante GMT brought minimalism to the often overcomplicated complication of two time zones, via a hidden second hour hand, revealed by a push of a button.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 18 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcomplicated
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To make matters more complicated, the only way to bring in dump trucks and other machines that might be needed for a cleanup is by driving through Caltrans land.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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But it’s not yet known whether there’s a limit to how varied and complicated these patterns can get.Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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Export is a simple Ctrl-E, compared with Photoshop's convoluted Shift-Ctrl-Alt-W.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The reasons are complex: socioeconomic disparities; a lack of emphasis on prevention; and an expensive, convoluted system that lets millions of people slip through the cracks.Caitlin Owens, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
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The relationship between cannabis use and other substance use behaviors is complex and multifaceted.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But with practice, these simple actions evolved into more complex behaviors, such as steering the car toward a specific destination.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sizable costs levied on businesses, costs that needlessly harm and complicate exchange for customers and businesses alike.John Tamny, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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May dilute ownership and complicate decision-making.Geri Stengel, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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These historic residences, built between 1923 and 1938, retain many original architectural details, such as intricate plasterwork, decorative murals, and grand rooms that reflect the elegance of a past era.Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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There is a special challenge to bringing these patterns to life on a watch dial, which is a preposterously small canvas for such intricate designs.Carol Besler, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
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What happens when lines become tangled and communication breaks down entirely?Emma Madden, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
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The current of one knot, underwater visibility of 2 feet and the tangled mass of steel and concrete from the bridge have complicated the work of divers, according to a senior U.S. official briefed on the multi-agency recover effort.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
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In a season where culture floods our timelines with its renditions of love through elaborate gifts and flights of fancy, my gift to you is simple, yet priceless.Charity LaShai, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Rather than relying on celebrities or elaborate storytelling, the ad focuses on the simple joys of sharing.Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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But speaking of Fraser’s tenure, Mayo sounded unusually sanguine about her progress in simplifying Citi’s notoriously labyrinthine corporate structure.Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 July 2024
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Scutt has reimagined the 1,250-seat August Wilson Theatre as an intimate club—warrens of labyrinthine new corridors and passageways, three new bars, and an auditorium reinvented as a theater-in-the-round.Adrienne Miller, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Overcomplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcomplicated. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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