2. Verb. (past of overcomplicate) ¹
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Definition of Overcomplicated
1. overcomplicate [v] - See also: overcomplicate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcomplicated
Literary usage of Overcomplicated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Test Case: Italy, Ethiopia, and the League of Nations by George W. Baer (1976)
"In mid-June its charge in Rome argued that the arms embargo should be dropped to
simplify the "already overcomplicated" European scene and to enforce the ..."
2. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1919)
"... slow, overcomplicated, etc. Thence the superiority of the ruffian over the
refined man with the girl of a lower class, the preference shown by Bohemians ..."
3. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1919)
"Then the process of courtship with too much emphasis on its ideal or social
content appears to that person as tedious, slow, overcomplicated, etc. ..."
4. Optical Corrections in the Sculpture of Donatello by Robert Munman (1985)
"... the glance directed unaccountably sideways; then an unconscionably elongated
torso; finally, stunted legs swathed in overcomplicated drapery. ..."
5. The Operation of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall in Oregon by James Duff Barnett (1915)
"... nullify the power of the people to initiate laws,3 and the provision at best
would but further complicate an already overcomplicated government. ..."
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