迂う遠えん

na-adjective

roundabout; indirect; circuitous

Describes methods, explanations, or routes that are unnecessarily long, indirect, or impractical. Often used in formal or critical contexts.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは迂う遠えんで、要よう点てんがなかなか見みえなかった。

  His explanation was roundabout, and the main point was hard to see.

• そんな迂う遠えんな方ほう法ほうでは時じ間かんがかかりすぎる。

  Such a circuitous method would take too much time.

na-adjective

ignorant of the world; unworldly

Obsolete sense; formerly used to describe someone naive or out of touch with practical affairs. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ典てんでは「迂う遠えんな人じん物ぶつ」と評ひょうされることがある。

  In classical texts, a person may be described as '迂遠' meaning unworldly.