shambolic

[ sham-bol-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Chiefly British Informal.

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

shambolic

/ ʃæmˈbɒlɪk /

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

C20: irregularly formed from shambles

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

Compston opened with a sequence of shows, including one of the brilliant shambolic Manhattan artist, the late Dan Asher.

This is just more symbolic (and shambolic) politics of rage.

This shambolic mess of a man in Florida may be able to tell Selig whether his testing regimen is working at all.

In the pantheon of self-destructive, shambolic, rock-star dandies, Johnny Thunders is the ne plus ultra.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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