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shambolic
[ sham-bol-ik ]
adjective
, Chiefly British Informal.
- very disorganized; messy or confused:
I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
shambolic
/ ʃæmˈbɒlɪk /
adjective
- informal.completely disorganized; chaotic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shambolic1
First recorded in 1960–65; alteration of shambles (in the sense “a disordered place”); probably on the model of symbolic ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shambolic1
C20: irregularly formed from shambles
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Example Sentences
It may be shambolic, shameless emotional grandstanding, but it is oddly moving, despite the ruthless history edit.
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Compston opened with a sequence of shows, including one of the brilliant shambolic Manhattan artist, the late Dan Asher.
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This is just more symbolic (and shambolic) politics of rage.
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This shambolic mess of a man in Florida may be able to tell Selig whether his testing regimen is working at all.
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In the pantheon of self-destructive, shambolic, rock-star dandies, Johnny Thunders is the ne plus ultra.
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