byzantine

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In its whimsically byzantine rules, the king of hearts is dubbed Heart the Lover, and the game’s secret language accompanies the trio through their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

She ran up against a byzantine system of confidential databases and inconsistent data entry processes that left her with few answers as to why the restraining order was not enforced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

But the insider experience at Lumon is byzantine in other ways.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

The league’s overarching philosophy since its founding has been parity, a goal its byzantine salary rules were designed to support.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

A byzantine labyrinth of rules and regulations, he said, that he was supposed to enforce “sitting in a bar all night long, which I hated.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel