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The phrase "actually complicated" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to emphasize that something is more complex than it may initially appear.
Example: "At first glance, the project seemed straightforward, but it is actually complicated due to the various factors involved."
Alternatives: "truly complex" or "genuinely intricate".
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"This is actually complicated," Ive said, feeling through the material.
But Mulino a Vino is actually complicated, beginning with the name, which is an Italian pun.
Within India itself, the closer ties to America have actually complicated the effort to develop India's economy.
As Breitman and Lichtman make clear, the now desperate situation facing Jews in Germany and surrounding lands actually complicated the president's attempt to prepare the nation for war.
As simple as that may sound, the process of "opening" decades-old communications networks to outsiders is actually complicated, because it involves having the Bells make their own systems available to outsiders.
"It sounds fairly simple, but when you get into the nitty-gritty of raising the beef and trying to supply people on a timely basis — what they want, when they want it and how they want it — it's actually complicated, because you're at the mercy of Mother Nature".
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What they're doing is actually really complicated, but the gist of it is that they are changing the laser used to read the disc, and replacing the coating with a new aluminum oxynitride one instead of the old dielectric film.
I had a bunch of friends I grew up with in San Francisco and a lot of them work as cab drivers, and I thought, "I'll work as a cab driver, this will be great!" And then it's actually really complicated, it turns out — I'm not qualified to work as a cab driver.
And there is an even more delicate risk: awarding disability status prematurely can actually complicate a veteran's path to recovery.
Although Mr. Perry praised the simplicity of his plan, it would actually complicate the tax computation for many people, because they would have to calculate their taxes two or even three different ways when the alternative minimum tax was also included.
But critics said the American aid would never reach the proper recipients in a tightly controlled society and might actually complicate the work of Cuban human rights advocates and dissidents by allowing Mr. Castro to brand them as puppets of the United States.
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