MULTIFACETED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

multifaceted

adjective

Definition of multifaceted

as in complicated

having many different parts; having many facets a multifaceted approach to health care

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Recent Examples of multifaceted With Glover's multifaceted connection to the university, Cal Poly sees his potential contributions as equally diverse. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The reason that's so significant is multifaceted, but his main transgression and the thing that ultimately lost him his job was the recent skid of the once-proud FSU football team. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Many of the victims are poor, and his camera’s tour of Black Brazilian lives hints at a multifaceted cultural portrait not usually contained within the Brazilian cinema that takes hold in North America. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2026 According to a statement released by the airport after the vote, the decision on Friday represents the first step in a multifaceted process that will continue in the coming months. — Molly Davis, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for multifaceted

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Adjective

There’s a story there, a complicated and disturbing one, but the new Netflix film Unabomber won’t be the one to give it to us.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Those results reflect a complicated and difficult reality in Florida’s insurance marketplace.

— Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of complicated

Adjective

The brewery offers a varied selection of styles brewed in-house from IPAs to sours to dark brews to light sippers.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Because the policy measures were varied across combinations, the same option appeared for different respondents alongside many combinations of other policies.

— Fengxiu Zhang, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of varied

Adjective

Adoption has been slower in industries with smaller, mixed-brand fleets, such as real estate, home services and specialty contracting, where integrating multiple OEM platforms often outweighs near-term gains.

— Stacey Moser, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Top banking analyst Mike Mayo of Wells Fargo is out with his third-quarter earnings preview, with mixed attitudes on Club names BNY and Goldman Sachs .

— Matthew J. Belvedere,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of mixed

Adjective

The company very deliberately targets large enterprise customers, which have the biggest and most complicate supply chain ecosystems.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Wilcox noted that overlaps between substance use and suicide complicate reduction efforts.

— Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026

Definition of complicate

Adjective

Logistics and warehousing run heterogeneous robot fleets that integrate seamlessly.

— John Healy, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Fratino and Baeza are both artists conversant in art history—although their sources of inspiration are heterogeneous and surprising, and often fall beyond the visual record.

— Nandini Krishnan, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of heterogeneous

Adjective

Electric aircraft enters testing The eFlyer 2 pairs an electric propulsion system with a lightweight composite airframe.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Under the hood – or rather, under the composite skin – the eFlyer 2 runs on a 125-kW (167 hp) electric motor powered by a roughly 90-kWh battery pack.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of composite

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