shambolic

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of shambolic An even greater danger may lie in the shambolic nature of his policymaking. Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025 The shambolic nature of his plots has a Scheherazade flavor, a storyteller unfurling a tale bit by bit with no aim other than keeping the reader invested moment-to-moment, failure being the penalty of death. John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025 And yet, despite two decades of anxiety about being of a certain age, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy finds our shambolic protagonist having achieved her heteronormative happily-ever-after. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 The second goal was even more shambolic, with a simple pass down the flank opening up a two-on-one for Everton and Onana only pushing Jack Harrison’s shot into the air. Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shambolic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shambolic
Adjective
  • Fearing President Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war would ignite a global recession, investors scrambled to dump US assets.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • The stunning image shows the classic spiral swirl of M81 — also known as Bode's Galaxy — suspended against the chaotic cloud patterns of the nebula, with the Cigar Galaxy lurking to its left.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Liquidity, not hand-wringing, is what will keep a shaky world from cascading into disorderly defaults.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • On April 1, prosecutors dropped the child neglect charge against Anderson and charged her with disorderly conduct and disorderly intoxication, which are both misdemeanors, WESH reports.
    KC Baker, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Consequently, disordered labor disputes have added to the sense of lawlessness and have worsened the economic decline.
    Lindsay Benstead, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2013
  • In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Shambolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shambolic. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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