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Recent Examples of overcomplicated
Clarity And Explainability: Technically sound but unclear, overcomplicated, lacks reasoning or sources, loses context
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Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Measures of quality are specific to procedures or treatments, making broad messages overcomplicated or unclear for healthcare consumers.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Before diving into the logistics of Q2, find and remove all Q1 bottlenecks, such as overcomplicated workflows, approval delays or siloed departments.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Simple Solutions For Complex Matters Healthcare systems are known to be intricate and overcomplicated due to their multifunctionality.
—Sergey Mashchenko, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, the system is one of the worst of the year, failing to connect with my Droid for the majority of the test and being generally overcomplicated and anti-intuitive.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Before diving into the logistics of Q2, find and remove all Q1 bottlenecks, such as overcomplicated workflows, approval delays or siloed departments.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Sometimes an evaluation doesn’t need to be overcomplicated.
—Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 31 Jan. 2025
Simple Solutions For Complex Matters Healthcare systems are known to be intricate and overcomplicated due to their multifunctionality.
—Sergey Mashchenko, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Measures of quality are specific to procedures or treatments, making broad messages overcomplicated or unclear for healthcare consumers.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Before diving into the logistics of Q2, find and remove all Q1 bottlenecks, such as overcomplicated workflows, approval delays or siloed departments.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Simple Solutions For Complex Matters Healthcare systems are known to be intricate and overcomplicated due to their multifunctionality.
—Sergey Mashchenko, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Unfortunately, the system is one of the worst of the year, failing to connect with my Droid for the majority of the test and being generally overcomplicated and anti-intuitive.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Before diving into the logistics of Q2, find and remove all Q1 bottlenecks, such as overcomplicated workflows, approval delays or siloed departments.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Sometimes an evaluation doesn’t need to be overcomplicated.
—Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 31 Jan. 2025
Simple Solutions For Complex Matters Healthcare systems are known to be intricate and overcomplicated due to their multifunctionality.
—Sergey Mashchenko, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcomplicated
Adjective
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The Princess of Wales is coming off a very complicated year.—
Blanche Marcel,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
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Admittedly, the show started to lose some momentum in later seasons as subplots and shifting relationships became more complicated.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Yet with the possibility — however remote and convoluted — of as many as 11 teams qualifying for European football, Premier League sun loungers are far less occupied this year.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Current government mechanisms for overseeing this dangerous gain-of-function research are incomplete, severely convoluted, and lack global applicability.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This makes the decision as to whether Villa wish to trigger the buy option more complex, given the 27-year-old’s rejuvenation remains a work in progress and now complicated by injury.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Similar to Barbarian, a surface-level logline description about missing kids is but the tip of a massive and wildly complex iceberg.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Left unmanaged, these issues can disrupt family dynamics, derail careers, deplete wealth and complicate legacy planning.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Shifting trade policies, geopolitical risks, supply shortages and evolving regulatory landscapes all complicate decision-making.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Dutch florists provided tens of thousands of flowers in an intricate, colorful layout − a tradition in its 39th year.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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At its core, quilting involves stitching together layers of fabric, often in intricate patterns, to create both beautiful and functional items.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Molly Aitken gathers the bare shoots of Alice’s life of greed, jealousy and sexuality and nurtures them into a tangled forest of nettles and Rowan trees.—
The Know,
The Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2025
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Her relentless pursuit of the truth unearths a tangled web of lies that threatens to unravel everything she’s built.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The wedding started as an elaborate three-way ruse concocted by Wai-Tung, a gay Taiwanese American man; his white boyfriend, Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein); and Wei-Wei, an undocumented Chinese immigrant.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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For opening night of Good Night, and Good Luck at Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on April 3, Lopez stunned in a strapless black gown with a plunging neckline with a lightly colored caftan cape that flowed down to an elaborate train.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In this harrowing and labyrinthine masterpiece, Rivera Garza ultimately goes one step further, unsettlingly implicating readers themselves.—
Katie Kitamura,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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But by stripping the story down to its core elements — supernatural powers, madness, claustrophobia — Kubrick opened viewers’ minds to a treasure trove of possible interpretations, many of which were compiled in the wonderfully labyrinthine documentary Room 237.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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