"employ a steam engine to crack a nut" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: employs a steam engine to crack a nut [present, singular, third-person], employing a steam engine to crack a nut [participle, present], employed a steam engine to crack a nut [participle, past], employed a steam engine to crack a nut [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=employ a steam engine to crack a nut}} employ a steam engine to crack a nut (third-person singular simple present employs a steam engine to crack a nut, present participle employing a steam engine to crack a nut, simple past and past participle employed a steam engine to crack a nut)
  1. (rare) To carry out a simple task in an overcomplicated manner. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-employ_a_steam_engine_to_crack_a_nut-en-verb-bCmxqifH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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