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multilayered

[ muhl-tee-ley-erd, muhl-tahy-, muhl-tee-ley-erd, muhl-tahy- ]

adjective

  1. having two or more layers.
  2. offering several viewpoints, solutions, degrees of complexity, etc.:

    the multilayered problem of urban development.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of multilayered1

First recorded in 1930–35; multi- + layer + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

“To be the first African-American manager as well, it’s kind of multilayered for me,” Roberts told UCLA’s Optimism magazine in 2015.

While the story opens with a classic Almodóvar flourish — a young woman flamboyantly dressed like Marlene Dietrich saunters through a small town before stopping at a Catholic school where she forces a showdown with the headmaster — and finishes with a dramatic plot twist, the film, with its multilayered meta examination of storytelling, is far more ambitious.

He became the subject of several controversies — a multilayered industry beef with Puerto Rican rapper Residente; the offensive nature of the “Perra” video, which had Black women dressed as dogs on leashes; and his contentious acceptance of the Afro-Latin artist of the year award by the African Entertainment Awards.

No software system is immune from errors, especially now that they’re so complex and multilayered that not even their developers may know all their weak spots.

It was kind of a multilayered experience, as actually a lot of “The Crown” is — you’re both inside of it but also observing it in a pretty unique way.

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