complicate

[ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪt]

Definition:
1. Make more complicated.
2. Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
3. To make something more difficult to do, understand or deal with.

Use 'complicate' in a sentence:

• 1. Any decision taken by them now, however well meant, could complicate the peace process.
• 2. Constant pressure and sanctions only complicate the problem.
• 3. My goodness but the Modern Woman does like to complicate things.
• 4. To the uninitiated the system seems too complicated.
• 5. Tanks are strongly built. It is a complicated and difficult process to break them up.
• 6. The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces.
• 7. To complicate matters further, I lost my ID card.
• 8. He always likes to complicate simple matters.
• 9. The Pakistan article in particular would complicate his life.
• 10. This will only complicate rather than solve this issue.
• 11. It would complicate the Fed's job of eventually shrinking its balance-sheet.
• 12. Any decision taken by them now, however well-meant, could complicate the peace process.
• 13. Just to complicate matters, there is a possibility of a post in Sao Paulo.
• 14. Four had no children to complicate their moral dilemmas.
• 15. But relying on the notion of rational investors seems to complicate matters.
• 16. Don't over complicate a good idea.
• 17. The other options simply complicate the situation and could land him with more expense.
• 18. The trailer was connected to the car by means of a complicated system of hoses, pipes and rods.
• 19. Next, let's look at how to complicate these details.
• 20. This requirement tends to complicate code design.
• 21. But the underlying data complicate this picture.
• 22. He was trying to ravel out the complicated series of events that had led to this situation.
• 23. Bad weather continues to complicate efforts to deal with oil spilling from the tanker.
• 24. The text is approachable, coping well with quite complicated subjects.
• 25. Side effects complicate the math required to prove program correctness.
• 26. Doing otherwise would complicate the code for no gain.
• 27. Don't complicate you life.
• 28. Don't complicate such an easy to understand concept.
• 29. I think that is because we unnecessarily complicate it.
• 30. There is no need to complicate matters.
• 31. To my way of thinking, it didn't seem as if it ought to be so terribly complicated.
• 32. We got lost when traveled in Peru. To complicate matters further, we cannot speak the local language.
• 33. But now I'll complicate the problem a bit.
• 34. While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
• 35. She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!
• 36. To complicate matters further, everybody's vitamin requirements vary.
• 37. His love life was complicated, and involved intense relationships.
• 38. Ray is a complicated, moody man behind the joking front.
• 39. The biology of these diseases is terribly complicated.
• 40. He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.
• 41. The situation in Lebanon is very complicated.
• 42. The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.
• 43. To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.
• 44. It's all very complicated ─ but I'll try and explain.
• 45. My life is further complicated by having to work such long hours.
• 46. I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.
• 47. The situation was more complicated than they had at first realized.
• 48. The instructions look very complicated.
• 49. Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.
• 50. The instructions were rather complicated.
• 51. Divorce is complicated enough in normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse.
• 52. What complicates the issue is the burden of history.