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overelaborate

/ˌoʊvərɪˈlæbərət/
adjective
  1. Too complicated or detailed; excessively fancy or intricate.
    • She preferred simple meals to overelaborate dishes with many ingredients.
    • The overelaborate design made the website hard to navigate.
    • His overelaborate explanation only confused the students.
Synonyms
overcomplicated
Antonyms
simple
verb
  1. To explain or decorate something in too much detail; to make overly complex.
    • Don't overelaborate your answer; just give the key facts.
    • The artist tends to overelaborate her paintings with unnecessary flourishes.
    • He overelaborated the story until no one believed it.
Synonyms
overdo
Antonyms
simplify
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