Heath Robinsonesque

Adjective

Ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.

Japanese Meaning

独創的で、しばしば複雑だが、実用性に乏しい様子を指す / 奇抜な発想を表すが、その設計や考え方は現実的な利用に適さない / 斬新なアイデアであるが、実際には不条理で、役に立たない場合が多い

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

技師は歯車と紐でできた、一見巧妙で過度に複雑だが実際には馬鹿げて実用性のない機械を見てにやりとした――それは結局コーヒーを一杯も淹れられなかった。

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Ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.

Putting it all together: the cassette’s been run through a labelling machine, and now this Heath Robinsonesque device adds the inlay and the box in one swift operation, taking about three seconds for each cassette.

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most Heath Robinsonesque

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