complicated
/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ adjective B1- Difficult or convoluted. · It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
- Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
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The case had been considerably complicated through the incident of the escaped convict and the relations between him and the Barrymores.
Such were the circumstances of the Park Lane Mystery, which were further complicated by entire absence of motive, since, as I have said, young Adair was not known to have any enemy, and no attempt had been made to remove the money or valuables in the room.
It has been an exceedingly difficult and most complicated business.
“Heaven knows, they were complicated enough before.”
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