Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make something excessively complicated.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Why do you always have to overcomplicate things?

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  2. Tom overcomplicates everything.

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  3. People overcomplicate things.

    Люди переускладнюють речі. — Ahha

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  4. I often overcomplicate things.

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  5. She overcomplicates everything.

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Origin

From over- + complicate.

From over- + complicate.

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Forms

overcomplicates, overcomplicating, overcomplicated, overcomplicated
Base formovercomplicate · to overcomplicate
3rd person singularovercomplicates
Present participleovercomplicating
Past simpleovercomplicated
Past participleovercomplicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovercomplicate
he, she, itovercomplicates

Past simpleLesson

all personsovercomplicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overcomplicated
he, she, ithas overcomplicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overcomplicate

Word family

1 related words
Derivedovercomplicator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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