Meaning of Rube Goldberg machine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task.
   US
2. Anything that is overly complicated.
   broadly

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Examples

“To be overly cynical myself, that is still the macro view. Littlefinger’s execution and the white walkers passing through the rubble of the Wall are just two observations that this enormous Rube Goldberg machine is running on time.”

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