labyrinthine
adjective
lab·y·rin·thine
ˌla-bə-ˈrin(t)-thən 
-ˈrin-ˌthīn
-ˌthēn
-ˈrin-ˌthīn
-ˌthēn
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labyrinthine politics that left us totally befuddled
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The user interface is equally refined and mirrors the machine itself—fluid, intuitive, and refreshingly free of the labyrinthine menus found in many rivals.
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Robb Rice, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
The soap opera sketch with Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen and Hader lampooned incoherent Valley accents and labyrinthine freeway directions in Los Angeles.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
In the first onscreen interaction between them, Rue, now working as a drug mule for a dealer named Laurie (Martha Kelly), wends her way through a labyrinthine house party before meeting Alamo, sitting in a hot tub, flanked by four strippers, and wearing a Speedo and a cowboy hat.
—Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Quentin Tarantino’s outrageous revisionist Western is wildly over-the-top, combining the director’s penchant for gratuitous violence and sparkling dialogue with a story that’s pleasingly labyrinthine but nothing if not schlocky.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
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Robb Rice, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
The soap opera sketch with Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen and Hader lampooned incoherent Valley accents and labyrinthine freeway directions in Los Angeles.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
In the first onscreen interaction between them, Rue, now working as a drug mule for a dealer named Laurie (Martha Kelly), wends her way through a labyrinthine house party before meeting Alamo, sitting in a hot tub, flanked by four strippers, and wearing a Speedo and a cowboy hat.
—Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Quentin Tarantino’s outrageous revisionist Western is wildly over-the-top, combining the director’s penchant for gratuitous violence and sparkling dialogue with a story that’s pleasingly labyrinthine but nothing if not schlocky.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Labyrinthine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labyrinthine. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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labyrinthine
adjective
lab·y·rin·thine
-ˈrin(t)-thən; -ˈrin-ˌthīn
-ˌthēn
-ˌthēn
: of, relating to, affecting, or originating in the inner ear
human labyrinthine lesions
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