oversophisticated
adjective
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Definition of oversophisticated
: excessively or needlessly sophisticated … an oversophisticated piece of technology whose worthlessness has been demonstrated on the test range.— Francis Fukuyama This explains something of his political instincts: populist, suspicious of oversophisticated elites, …— Rowan Williams
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