Meaning Of The Word Rube Goldberg

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Rube Goldberg in American English
designating any very complicated invention, machine, scheme, etc. laboriously contrived to perform a seemingly simple operation
adjective: having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance

Rube Goldberg in British English
adjective: doing something by unnecessarily complicated means

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