Usually means: Ingeniously complex and impractical contraption.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heath Robinson, heath robinson: Merriam-Webster
  2. Heath Robinson, Robinson, Heath: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Heath Robinson: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Heath Robinson: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. Heath Robinson: Wiktionary
  6. Heath Robinson (codebreaking machine), Heath Robinson: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Heath Robinson: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Heath Robinson: World Wide Words
  9. heath robinson: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  10. Heath Robinson: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Heath Robinson: Encyclopedia

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  1. Heath Robinson: Idioms

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  1. Heath Robinson: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Heath Robinson)

▸ noun:  (chiefly UK, attributive) Anything ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.

Similar:
gear, airhead, nimrod, worricow, yokibus, odd-jobman, hunk of junk, jackass of all trades, Laurel and Hardy, buffoon, more...

Opposite:
Rube Goldberg, complex, sophisticated, high-tech, advanced

Types:
Rube Goldberg, MacGyver, more...

Phrases:
(william) heath robinson, W. Heath Robinson, more...

Adjectives:
unwitty, wacky, goofy, mimsy, cheesy, screwball, zany, gonzo, balmy, imbecilic, freak

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Similar:
gear, airhead, nimrod, worricow, yokibus, odd-jobman, hunk of junk, jackass of all trades, Laurel and Hardy, buffoon, more...

Opposite:
Rube Goldberg, complex, sophisticated, high-tech, advanced

Types:
Rube Goldberg, MacGyver, more...

Phrases:
(william) heath robinson, W. Heath Robinson, more...

Adjectives:
unwitty, wacky, goofy, mimsy, cheesy, screwball, zany, gonzo, balmy, imbecilic, freak



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