"overcomplicate" meaning in English

See overcomplicate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overcomplicates [present, singular, third-person], overcomplicating [participle, present], overcomplicated [participle, past], overcomplicated [past]
Etymology: From over- + complicate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|complicate|pos=verb}} over- + complicate Head templates: {{en-verb}} overcomplicate (third-person singular simple present overcomplicates, present participle overcomplicating, simple past and past participle overcomplicated)
  1. (transitive) To make something excessively complicated. Tags: transitive Translations (to make something excessively complicated): túlbonyolít (Hungarian)

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