shambolic

[ sham-bol-ik ]

/ ʃæmˈbɒl ɪk /

adjective Chiefly British Informal.

very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.

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Words nearby shambolic

shamash, shamateur, shamba, shamble, shambles, shambolic, shame, shame on you, shamefaced, shamefast, shameful

Origin of shambolic

1960–65; alteration of shambles (in the sense “a disordered place”) probably on the model of symbolic

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Examples from the Web for shambolic

It may be shambolic, shameless emotional grandstanding, but it is oddly moving, despite the ruthless history edit.
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British Dictionary definitions for shambolic

shambolic

/ (ʃæmˈbɒlɪk) /

adjective

informal completely disorganized; chaotic

Word Origin for shambolic

C20: irregularly formed from shambles

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