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US
/ˈkɑnvəˌɫutəd/
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[ UK /kˌɒnvəlˈuːtɪd/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒnvəlˈuːtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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rolled longitudinally upon itself
a convolute petal -
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
convoluted reasoning
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
a knotty problem
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
the plot was too involved
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
tortuous legal procedures
the Byzantine tax structure
convoluted legal language
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
How To Use convoluted In A Sentence
- There was a convoluted tangle of coloured threads around you, some of which seemed to be paths.
- Speaking in rapid, intense bursts, Smith expanded on his sometimes convoluted story.
- The document, which critics of the plan describe as convoluted and skillfully worded, does not specify any dates for construction or even mention demolition. NYT > Home Page
- Most of the 74 opinions are also lengthy and convoluted, larded with unnecessary detail and footnotes, and containing inappropriate swipes at the work of the other justices.
- Despite its all-star cast, the original version was panned on its initial release, called convoluted and confusing. The New Wave, Still Rolling
- So far the trend is that the self-assembly paradigm gets more convoluted and improbable as the search continues, and the design paradigm gets more and more plausible. A Good Saturday Evening Flick
- And in being so uncalculating, and willing to get his hands dirty, he has brought a surge of public attention to an important but convoluted story about tabloid journalism. From Stephen Fry to Hugh Grant: The rise of the celebrity activist
- * It's easier to prove a global warming trend than "changing the climate" since the latter is a convoluted concept. About: Blinded by Science
- You belong where the witty apothegms of Lords, the silly moralities of matrons, the blinding high of opium, and the beauty of visual arts mingle to form one convoluted world.
- Quantitatively, though, the vast majority of cases involve the interpretation of ordinary laws, many of them dauntingly convoluted, many others festooned with decades of glosses by judges of varying perceptiveness writing opinions of varying clarity. Current Affairs