overcomplicate

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verb

To make something excessively complicated.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

verbovercomplicate (third-person singular simple present overcomplicates, present participle overcomplicating, simple past and past participle overcomplicated)

present singular third person overcomplicates · participle present overcomplicating · participle past overcomplicated · past overcomplicated

  1. transitiveTo make something excessively complicated.

Origin

Translations

Hungarian túlbonyolít
  • túlbonyolítto make something excessively complicated
Polish pokomplikować
  • pokomplikowaćto make something excessively complicated
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APA

overcomplicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcomplicate

MLA

“overcomplicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcomplicate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcomplicate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcomplicate.

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