"solution in search of a problem" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "solutions in search of problems",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solutions in search of a problem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "solutions in search of problems",
        "2": "solutions in search of a problem"
      },
      "expansion": "solution in search of a problem (plural solutions in search of problems or solutions in search of a problem)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "so‧lu‧tion‧in‧search‧of‧a‧prob‧lem"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Some teachers complained that the new online grading software was a solution in search of a problem.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Peter Lucas, Joe Ballay, Mickey McManus, Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology, page 200:",
          "text": "The early days of the PC were a classic case of a solution in search of a problem. It was pretty obvious that a computer-on-your-desk was an exciting prospect and had to be good for something. But what?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A proposal that does not solve any problem or provide any value; or one that is intended to fill a need which does not really exist."
      ],
      "id": "en-solution_in_search_of_a_problem-en-noun-mjbKUNAZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "proposal",
          "proposal"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "solution looking for a problem"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proposal to fix a problem which does not really exist",
          "word": "Lösung auf der Suche nach einem Problem"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈluːʃən ɪn ˈsɝt͡ʃ əv ə ˈpɹɑbləm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈl(j)uːʃən ɪn ˈsɜːt͡ʃ əv ə ˈpɹɒbləm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "solution in search of a problem"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "solutions in search of problems",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solutions in search of a problem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "solutions in search of problems",
        "2": "solutions in search of a problem"
      },
      "expansion": "solution in search of a problem (plural solutions in search of problems or solutions in search of a problem)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "so‧lu‧tion‧in‧search‧of‧a‧prob‧lem"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Terms with German translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Some teachers complained that the new online grading software was a solution in search of a problem.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Peter Lucas, Joe Ballay, Mickey McManus, Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology, page 200:",
          "text": "The early days of the PC were a classic case of a solution in search of a problem. It was pretty obvious that a computer-on-your-desk was an exciting prospect and had to be good for something. But what?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A proposal that does not solve any problem or provide any value; or one that is intended to fill a need which does not really exist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proposal",
          "proposal"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "solution looking for a problem"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/səˈluːʃən ɪn ˈsɝt͡ʃ əv ə ˈpɹɑbləm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈl(j)uːʃən ɪn ˈsɜːt͡ʃ əv ə ˈpɹɒbləm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proposal to fix a problem which does not really exist",
      "word": "Lösung auf der Suche nach einem Problem"
    }
  ],
  "word": "solution in search of a problem"
}