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convoluted

adjective

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

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Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
D
Contains
ON
Scrabble score
16

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adjective

  1. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

    “the Byzantine tax structure”

adjective

  1. rolled longitudinally upon itself

    “a convolute petal”

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Example Sentences

the Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
convoluted legal language
convoluted reasoning
the plot was too involved
a convolute petal

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