overcomplicated
adjective
over·com·pli·cat·ed
ˌō-vər-ˈkäm-plə-ˌkā-təd 
: complicated to an excessive degree : overly difficult to understand or explain
an overcomplicated system/plot
overcomplicated assembly instructions
The dishes were never overcomplicated, yet were subtly complex …—
Thomas Matthews
Thomas Matthews
overcomplicate
transitive verb
overcomplicated; overcomplicating
no need to overcomplicate the process
… just watch the ball and hit it and try not to overcomplicate things.
—Colin Munro
Colin Munro
Examples of overcomplicated in a Sentence
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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
Directors Joe Robert Cole, Amanda Marsalis, and Steven Canals craft separate aesthetics that situate the viewer in each timeline, avoiding the confusion that can come with overcomplicated thrillers.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 10 May 2023
Woods said most people who come to the Citizens Advice office are struggling with debt and energy bills or need help navigating the overcomplicated system of welfare benefits.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 May 2023
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
Directors Joe Robert Cole, Amanda Marsalis, and Steven Canals craft separate aesthetics that situate the viewer in each timeline, avoiding the confusion that can come with overcomplicated thrillers.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 10 May 2023
Woods said most people who come to the Citizens Advice office are struggling with debt and energy bills or need help navigating the overcomplicated system of welfare benefits.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 May 2023
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“Overcomplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overcomplicated. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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