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  • noun the act or process of making something more complex.

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  • verb Present participle of complicate.

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Examples

  • Yet Continentals have also played a role in complicating travel by continuing to haggle over Washington's requests to have access to passenger data in order to pre-screen risky individuals.

    Flying More Sensible Skies 2010

  • What’s even more complicating is Nate’s growing feelings for June, whose true beauty starts to emerge.

    AND NOW 4 SOMETHING UNFATHOMABLY STUPID 2007

  • Whatever it is, it is called the complicating force.

    The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson

  • Sapor conceived the idea of complicating the Roman affairs by himself putting forward a pretender; and an obscure citizen of Antioch, a certain Miriades, or Cyriades, a refugee in his camp, was invested with the purple and assumed the title of Cæsar.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906

  • Many say they doubt any successor to Mr. Mubarak is likely to end the peace treaty with Israel, but say the rise of a less-friendly government in Cairo would have profound consequences, such as complicating a return to peace negotiations with the Palestinians, in which Mr. Mubarak has been a key intermediary.

    Mubarak's Troubles Surprise Israelis Joshua Mitnick 2011

  • Eric appears to have actually changed this post (for example, it used to contain an editorial comment about this story "complicating" Obama's criticisms of Clinton citing her White House experience while not releasing her records from that time).

    Obama: I Don't Have Records From My Time In State Senate 2009

  • While Philips communicated "we make things better through simplicity," traditional media contradicted this by interrupting or "complicating" the consumer experience.

    Myers Media Innovation and Creativity Awards: Silver Agency Winners 2007

  • Thanks for the comment--we welcome "complicating" points of view--that's what we're all about!

    A Drug Company Joins the "Happy Feet" Movie Tie-Ins GreenFertility 2006

  • Which seem to have a way of kind of complicating the book value marks.

    MFA Financial CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010

  • LAVANDERA: Well, one of the things that officials here are telling us that is kind of complicating the situation is that since this is an area where this happened, it was the chaos of the moment that led to this confusion and part of that is also due to the fact that because this area is a place where so many different soldiers would be coming through on their way out or into Fort Hood, that there are soldiers from a vast number of units.

    CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2009 2009

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