overcomplex en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + complex.
Meanings
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Excessively complex.
But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives.
1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, pages 262, 264:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more overcomplex | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overcomplex | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |