Collocations for "complicated"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "complicated" in context.
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complicated
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a complicated [math, physics] problem
- the [math] problem is too complicated (for me)
- solve a complicated problem
- it's complicated
- a complicated relationship
- why do things (always) have to be so complicated
- ended up being more complicated than I [thought, expected]
- no one expected it to [be, turn out] this complicated
- the situation has become more complicated
- is too complicated to explain
- is too complicated for me (to explain)
- will be complicated to [implement, do]
- is complicated in terms of
- complicated and [difficult, expensive, confusing]
- a complicated plan
- complicated [social, economic] issues
- a complicated concept to [understand, comprehend]
- is complicated for anyone [who, without]
- is [extremely, quite, rather, so] complicated
'complicated' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affair
- application
- birth
- conduct
- conundrum
- delivery
- expensive
- framework
- interface
- intricate
- issue
- lengthy
- obscure
- open
- overly
- plot
- politics
- pregnancy
- premise
- recipe
- retrieval
- sentence
- slightly
- specifics
- spreadsheet
- state
- surgery
- technique
- text
- theory
- want
- wording
- working