involuted

adjective

Definition of involutednext
as in convoluted

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  1. convoluted
  2. labyrinthine
  3. Byzantine
  4. labyrinthian
  5. exuberant
Adjective
  • The process of siting and permitting energy projects in the region is lengthy and convoluted, reducing the financial appeal of initiatives and diminishing their viability.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In the real world, the process is only a bit less convoluted — albeit with some oddities unique to the league.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of convoluted
Adjective
  • He’s sent flying off his bicycle by a cop, part of the predictably crooked department that stymies Terry’s attempts to work within the town’s labyrinthine legal system.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Such traits are evident in its architecture, which has remained largely the same throughout history, from ornate palazzi to a scruffy, labyrinthine old town whose narrow streets (caruggi in the local dialect) barely get any sunlight.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of labyrinthine
Adjective
  • The findings indicate a succession of settlement starting from the early Roman period and through until the end of the Byzantine period.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Wellness sojourns at the Euphoria Retreat are made more luxurious by rooms and suites dressed in colors, textures, and patterns of the Byzantine era.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of Byzantine
Adjective
  • Stretch Your Mind Experience Meow Wolf, a labyrinthian art show of psychedelic interactive exhibits and brain-bending optical tricks.
    Topaz Hooper, Men's Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The two-floor exhibition will include a labyrinthian installation, painting, sculpture, drawings and video.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2023
Definition of labyrinthian
Adjective
  • Tascioni is an exuberant person by nature, which many antagonists mistake for naivete.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And the city’s best season, the exuberant weeks leading up to Mardi Gras, was on its way.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of exuberant
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