different between complicated vs complicatedness

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t?d/
• Hyphenation: com?pli?cat?ed

Adjective

complicated (comparative more complicated, superlative most complicated)

1. Difficult or convoluted.

   It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.

   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

2. (biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

Antonyms

• simple

Translations

Verb

complicated

1. simple past tense and past participle of complicate

   The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.

English

Etymology

complicated +? -ness

Noun

complicatedness (usually uncountable, plural complicatednesses)

1. The state or quality of being complicated.

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