Antonyms for elaborated

Grammar : Verb

Spell : adjective ih-lab-er-it; verb ih-lab-uh-reyt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt

Definition of elaborated

Origin : 1590s, "produced by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s.

verb make detailed; expand

Example sentences :

They are said, though it is not easy to believe, to have been elaborated by way of Utopia.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley

It happens that one of the oftenest-told anecdotes has been the least elaborated.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

It was there that most of his theological treatises were elaborated and published.
Extract from : « The Scottish Reformation » by Alexander F. Mitchell

"The latest comer is always highest and wisest," he elaborated.
Extract from : « The Devil's Asteroid » by Manly Wade Wellman

Openwork in relief, when elaborated and minute in all its parts.
Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

Olaf elaborated upon the symptoms which he had described to Miss Brown.
Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely

If elaborated, in what stomach of the bee is it to be found?
Extract from : « Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee » by L. L. Langstroth

The form only is left, and that is elaborated into the exuberance of decay.
Extract from : « The Gate of Appreciation » by Carleton Noyes

The same argument is elaborated by Plato in his philosophy of beauty.
Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker

A pretty compliment it was, elaborated upon in the sitting-room.
Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs

Synonyms for elaborated

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