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overcomplicate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
over-com-pli-cate
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make something excessively complicated.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From over- + complicate.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overcomplicates (present, singular) overcomplicating (participle, present) overcomplicated (participle, past) overcomplicated (past)

Derived Forms

overcomplicator

Questions

What does overcomplicate mean?
To make something excessively complicated.
Where does overcomplicate come from?
From over- + complicate.

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