1. Procedures or techniques that are difficult to understand, perform, or explain due to their complexity or intricacy
The company abandoned the complicated methods in favor of a simpler approach.
A empresa abandonou os métodos complicados em favor de uma abordagem mais simples.
2. Processes involving many interconnected steps or elements that make execution challenging
Scientists developed complicated methods to analyze the genetic data.
Os cientistas desenvolveram métodos complicados para analisar os dados genéticos.