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overcomplex

overcomplex adjective: excessively complex.

Adjective

overcomplex (comparative more overcomplex, superlative most overcomplex)

  1. Excessively complex.
    • But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives.1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, pages 262, 264

Forms of overcomplex

comparativemore overcomplex
superlativemost overcomplex

Origin of overcomplex

From over- + complex.

Questions about overcomplex

What does overcomplex mean?
Overcomplex means excessively complex.
What part of speech is overcomplex?
Overcomplex is an adjective.

Words near overcomplex in the dictionary

  1. overcomplacency
  2. overcomplacent
  3. overcomplacently
  4. overcomplete
  5. overcompleteness
  6. overcomplex
  7. overcomplexities
  8. overcomplexity
  9. overcompliance
  10. overcompliant
  11. overcomplicate

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