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[
"convoluted",
"convoluted"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "quality of being convoluted",
"word": "mutkikkuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "quality of being convoluted",
"word": "monimutkaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "quality of being convoluted",
"word": "kierteisyys"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "quality of being convoluted",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zawiłość"
}
],
"word": "convolutedness"
}
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