"convoluted development" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is complex, tedious, and winding in nature. For example, you could say "The novel's convoluted development left readers feeling confused and frustrated."
Mozobil, originally discovered as an anti-HIV agent, has through a highly convoluted development pathway been eventually marketed as a stem cell mobilizer.
Whatever one thinks of her politics, Churchill has been able to respond rapid-fire to current events in part because she has stayed away from the convoluted development processes of film and television: she remains committed to live forms.
Bevacizumab has had a convoluted development history, but clearly now has no major role in first-line treatment, and may even be detrimental to quality of life in this setting.
Despite considerable global investigation over several decades, the roles of vitamin D in health and disease development remains convoluted.
What's so surprising is that all three arose in the context of one of the city's most convoluted -- and lifeless -- recent development projects.
5) It seems to me that the call for development of software capable of handling convoluted MS/MS spectra has already been at least partially addressed.
Compared to the lighter style of the Alexander trilogy, the language of The Charioteer can seem convoluted as the writer negotiates her way through the psychological intricacies of the protagonist's development.
Amy Reiter of the Los Angeles Times opined that Karofsky's character development was the best element of the episode, but found his conflicted emotions convoluted, and was pleased that he was victimized by the hockey team.
The highly convoluted shape of the adult human brain results from several well-coordinated maturational events that start from embryonic development and extend through the adult life span.
There's an almightily convoluted section of the text with more brackets than a home-made bookcase on reforming how the UN deals with sustainable development, which would involve somehow modifying the existing Commission on Sustainable Development.
