奇き技ぎ淫いん巧こう

noun

ingenious but pointless trick; artifice for its own sake

A yojijukugo describing a clever or elaborate technique that ultimately serves no practical purpose; often used critically.

• 彼かれの提てい案あんは奇き技ぎ淫いん巧こうに過すぎず、実じっ際さいの役やくには立たたなかった。

  His proposal was nothing more than an ingenious but pointless trick, and it was of no practical use.