roundabout
adjective/ˈraʊndəbaʊt/
/ˈraʊndəbaʊt/
[usually before noun]- not done or said using the shortest, simplest or most direct way possible
- It was a difficult and roundabout trip.
- He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.
- This is a roundabout way of saying that nothing has been accomplished.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRoundabout is used with these nouns:- fashion
- route
- way
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