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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multilayered¹

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

Example Sentences

Here’s her recipe for the multilayered wonder that’s now the state dessert.

From Outside Online

The situation they face in Kakuma refugee camp is complex and multilayered.

From Washington Blade

With two students, he implemented a multilayered neural network that was trained to recognize objects in massive image data sets.

From MIT Technology Review

It’s a multilayered, serpentine, superlative recasting of history, in which Peck argues that many things we are taught as truth are actually the winners’ preferred version of the facts.

From Vox

I roll the mesh into a multilayered ball and it becomes a useful "scrubby" to clean sinks or countertops and does not scratch the surfaces.

From Washington Post

Indeed, whatever his role, it is likely only a small piece of a complicated, multilayered puzzle.

From The Daily Beast

The very best pictures by those artists seem impossibly complex and multilayered, defying paraphrase.

From The Daily Beast

The performances and writing are multidimensional and multilayered.

From The Daily Beast

It was difficult to predict whether his multilayered ironies would go down well in Tel Aviv.

From The Daily Beast

They might not have been wholly intellectual in their costuming, but their message was multilayered.

From The Daily Beast