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Heath Robinsonesque

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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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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.

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Heath Robinsonesque

The engineer smirked as he examined the Heath Robinsonesque machine of cogs and strings that spectacularly failed to brew a single cup of coffee.

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The engineer smirked as he examined the Heath Robinsonesque machine of cogs and strings that spectacularly failed to brew a single cup of coffee.

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