shambolic

[sham-bol-ik]

adjective Chiefly British Informal.

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

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

Contemporary Examples of shambolic

It may be shambolic, shameless emotional grandstanding, but it is oddly moving, despite the ruthless history edit.
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Tim Teeman
February 7, 2014
This is just more symbolic (and shambolic) politics of rage.
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Michael Tomasky
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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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Michael Brendan Dougherty
June 6, 2013
In the pantheon of self-destructive, shambolic, rock-star dandies, Johnny Thunders is the ne plus ultra.
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Simon Doonan
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British Dictionary definitions for shambolic

shambolic

adjective

informal completely disorganized; chaotic

Word Origin for shambolic

C20: irregularly formed from shambles

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Word Origin and History for shambolic

adj.

1961, apparently from shamble in the sense "disorder" (see shambles), perhaps on model of symbolic.