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Rube Goldbergian

Rube Goldbergian is the alternative form of rubegoldbergian.

Meaning of rubegoldbergian

Adjective

rubegoldbergian (comparative more rubegoldbergian, superlative most rubegoldbergian)

  1. (Canada, US) Achieving a simple objective by absurdly complicated means; overcomplicated, elaborate and impractical.
    • The machinery of government is often rubegoldbergian, with complex arrangements of devolution and special status and power-sharing and affirmative action, and the contraption is held together by a few national symbols such as a rugby team.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 633

Forms of Rube Goldbergian

comparativemore Rube Goldbergian
superlativemost Rube Goldbergian

Questions about Rube Goldbergian

What is Rube Goldbergian the alternative form of?
Rube Goldbergian is the alternative form of rubegoldbergian.

Words near Rube Goldbergian in the dictionary

  1. rubdowns
  2. rube
  3. Rube Goldberg
  4. Rube Goldberg machine
  5. Rube Goldberg machines
  6. Rube Goldbergian
  7. Rube Goldbergs
  8. rubeanic
  9. rubeanic acid
  10. Rubeck
  11. Rubecks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rube Goldbergian (page history and authors); rubegoldbergian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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