Definitions
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- verb transitive To make something
excessively complicated .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For some reason, they love to overcomplicate this very simple idea.
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For some reason, they love to overcomplicate this very simple idea.
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What I learn more and more is that when I don't go for the right source, I overcomplicate things.
Lorraine Roe: Should We Question Our Own Source of Power in Our Lives? Lorraine Roe 2011
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For some reason, they love to overcomplicate this very simple idea.
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Here modern man is encouraged not to overcomplicate matters.
Have Modern Travelers Lost Their Way? Alain de Botton 2011
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What I learn more and more is that when I don't go for the right source, I overcomplicate things.
Lorraine Roe: Should We Question Our Own Source of Power in Our Lives? Lorraine Roe 2011
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Sometimes I have a tendency to overcomplicate things.
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Blackpool's passing was superior, as might be expected of a Championship side, even if they tended to overcomplicate in the final third or take unnecessary risks.
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Blackpool | FA Cup fourth-round match report 2012
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He is a clever player, you don't need to overcomplicate it, you want him to bring what he naturally has and integrate it into what we have.
Harlequins' Chris Robshaw should captain England, says Conor O'Shea 2011
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His Achilles 'heel has always been his tendency to be too extravagant -- to overcomplicate his clothes.
Zac Posen, Hakaan Yildirim among designers outshone in the City of Light Robin Givhan 2010
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