Heath Robinsonesque

== English == === Etymology === From Heath Robinson +‎ -esque. === Adjective === Heath Robinsonesque (comparative more Heath Robinsonesque, superlative most Heath Robinsonesque) Ingenious, and often complex, but absurdly impractical or even useless. Synonym: rubegoldbergian 1987, Barnaby Page, How to copy half a million cassettes (in Crash magazine issue 47, December 1987) 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.