na-adjective
roundabout; indirect; circuitous
Describes methods, explanations, or routes that are unnecessarily long, indirect, or impractical. Often used in formal or critical contexts.
彼の説明は迂遠で、要点がなかなか見えなかった。
His explanation was roundabout, and the main point was hard to see.
そんな迂遠な方法では時間がかかりすぎる。
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.
古典では「迂遠な人物」と評されることがある。
In classical texts, a person may be described as '迂遠' meaning unworldly.
The kanji 迂 means 'roundabout' or 'detour', and 遠 means 'distant'. The compound literally suggests a long, indirect path, which extended to impractical methods and, in an obsolete sense, to being out of touch with the world.