Rube Goldberg
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adjective
having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
deviously complex and impractical: a Rube Goldberg scheme for reducing taxes.
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Also Goldbergian, Rube Goldbergian.
Origin of Rube Goldberg
Words nearby Rube Goldberg
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