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Recent Examples of shambolic
The team has looked a bit shambolic at times this season, with some wondering whether this change in form was the result of a number of high-profile staff departures toward the end of last season.
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ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
That’s tougher to pin down, since Joe, on the one hand, is the character we’re asked to identify with, but Phoenix plays him as a shambolic screw-up, earnest and benign but basically a walking mess.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
In it, for those who do not know, shambolic Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty welcomes a group of German guests.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The mass reinstatements were as shambolic as the mass firings had been.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
That’s tougher to pin down, since Joe, on the one hand, is the character we’re asked to identify with, but Phoenix plays him as a shambolic screw-up, earnest and benign but basically a walking mess.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
In it, for those who do not know, shambolic Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty welcomes a group of German guests.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The mass reinstatements were as shambolic as the mass firings had been.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shambolic
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In the chaotic final stretch of the vote-a-rama, GOP leaders zeroed in on Murkowski, working to address her concerns about the bill’s financial effect on Alaska.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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What surprised me the most Despite a chaotic global economy, brand spending reductions and a cautious outlook on growth, the spending and cash was flowing, flowing, flowing.—
David Doty,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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More than 80 people were taken into custody in New York City last night after disorderly protesters threw bottles and traffic cones on streets in the vicinity of Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, the New York Police Department told Fox News on Wednesday.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2025
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Surprisingly, the creature left minor damages behind: a few disorderly shelves and an unpaid bill from his dine-and-dash stunt.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope.—
Adam B. Kushner,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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In more severe cases, this ongoing pattern may erode a parent’s relationship with food, leading to emotional or disordered eating that feels increasingly difficult to name, let alone break.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shambolic. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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