The thing about the word “shortcut”, is that the word is positive. “We don’t have to go that way, there is a shortcut” there is no similar opposite word because to remain positive one would need to understand why the other way is chosen.

We have two possible opposites. If you look at one potential opposite, you will see the potential opposite according to the possible opposites of each opposite. If one turns in the other way and just wastes time, it is called roundabout. On math this implies that anything but the shortcut way is not perfect, so you would have the one shortcut way and all the other roundabout ways.

The other word is “proper.” This means that there is something wrong with the shortcut, and there is a benefit to the other way. When a shortcut is disabled, the opposite is not true. “Suggest using a calculator is a shortcut, do the math problem the proper

way”

The thing about the word “shortcut”, is that the word is positive. “We don’t have to go that way, there is a shortcut” there is no similar opposite word because to remain positive one would need to understand why the other way is chosen.

We have two possible opposites. If you look at one potential opposite, you will see the potential opposite according to the possible opposites of each opposite. If one turns in the other way and just wastes time, it is called roundabout. On math this implies that anything but the shortcut way is not perfect, so you would have the one shortcut way and all the other roundabout ways.

The other word is “proper.” This means that there is something wrong with the shortcut, and there is a benefit to the other way. When a shortcut is disabled, the opposite is not true. “Suggest using a calculator is a shortcut, do the math problem the proper

way”