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Heath Robinsonian

UK/hiːθɹɒbɪnˈsəʊnɪən/

Heath Robinsonian adjective: elaborate and impractical.

Adjective

Heath Robinsonian (comparative more Heath Robinsonian, superlative most Heath Robinsonian)

  1. Elaborate and impractical.
    • Later, when I was not in quite such a vulnerable position, I decided that it was a ridiculously convoluted, Heath Robinsonian piece of machinery, a bit much even for Mycroft.2011, Laurie R. King, Pirate King
    • In the eyes of the anti-Bismarck fronde, the chancellor's remarkable web of transcontinental commitments looked less like a system than a creaking Heath-Robinsonian contraption, a flimsy joist-work of ‘plasters and patches’ designed to avoid the pressing choices that confronted the German Empire in...2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 127

Forms of Heath Robinsonian

comparativemore Heath Robinsonian
superlativemost Heath Robinsonian

Origin of Heath Robinsonian

From Heath Robinson + -ian.

Questions about Heath Robinsonian

What does Heath Robinsonian mean?
Heath Robinsonian means elaborate and impractical.
What part of speech is Heath Robinsonian?
Heath Robinsonian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Heath Robinsonian?
Heath Robinsonian is pronounced /hiːθɹɒbɪnˈsəʊnɪən/ (UK).

Words near Heath Robinsonian in the dictionary

  1. Heath Hill
  2. heath pea
  3. heath peas
  4. Heath Robinson
  5. Heath Robinsonesque
  6. Heath Robinsonian
  7. Heath Robinsons
  8. heath rush
  9. heath spotted orchid
  10. heath spotted orchids
  11. heath star moss

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