convoluted

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Convoluted is something that is very complicted or involved with many details.

(adjective)

An example of convoluted is a long story with lots of plot threads that doesn't seem true.

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See convoluted in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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  1. having convolutions, as in the kidney's tubules; coiled; spiraled
  2. extremely involved; intricate; complicated: a convoluted style

See convoluted in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell.
  2. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.

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