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Heath Robinson

Workplace term for makeshift or poorly engineered designs

Adj: An invention, machine or process that is makeshift, fragile, poorly engineered or overly elaborate. William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was a British Cartoonist well known for humourous illustrations of fantasical inventions involving large numbers of components, often in order to acheive a very simple purpose.

Eg) "My new customised mousetrap, made from the contents of a kitchen cupboard, string, sticky tape and old lawnmower parts was finally complete. It did look a bit Heath Robinson, but it might just work."

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