Tortuous
<tor-chew-ess>
winding; twisting; crooked;
something that bends and turns.
The tortuous road turned into a long straight run.
Memory trick:
tortuous reminds of torture
it is torture to keep turning
At work:
The presentation was tortuous. It was confusing.
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