Shambolic

Definition

shambolic /ʃæm'bɒlÇk/ adj ( Brit infml joc ) ဖ႐ိုဖရဲ။ ကေပါက္တိ ကေပါက္ခ်ာ။ ကေမာက္ကမ။ a shambolic figure ❍ The department's accounting is shambolic.

Examples

1. ‘The zombies themselves are well-realised in the vein of George A Romero's classic monsters - as Pegg himself says
2. they're so shambolic and endearingly rubbish that you could spend and hour in a room just dodging one.’
3. ‘The result is admittedly shambolic at times but leaves the distinct feeling that
4. rather than listening to a jingle-laden radio show
5. you've popped round to a friend's house to listen to records that they like and think you might like.’
6. ‘We looked limp and pallid and shambolic by comparison.’
7. ‘Despite his shambolic demeanour
8. Doyle has been riding the Asian new wave pretty shrewdly.’
9. ‘It could be
10. perhaps
11. that the genre is still seen as monolithic and shambolic
12. Hildas in horn-hats and breastplates.’
13. ‘Touristy but attractive
14. the shambolic market lends an appealing air of bustle
15. while the Douro slips by silently towards the Atlantic.’
16. ‘The Beach Boys are a good reference point: At their most endearing
17. the Band have the shambolic charm of early 70s Beach Boys records.’
18. ‘It is early days
19. but it is possible that this kind of inclusivity is exactly what our notoriously shambolic film industry needs.’
20. ‘As the lights went up
21. eyes focused in on a shambolic
22. drunken sprawling mess.’
23. ‘Eventually
24. it became apparent that being shambolic and rambling was their sole raison d' être.’
25. ‘His sophomore effort is ambitious and diverse
26. suggesting Skinner's shambolic charm is here to stay.’
27. ‘Lambasted after throwing away a two-goal lead against Austria in their opening group six match on Saturday
28. England went into the match knowing another shambolic display could cost Sven-Goran Eriksson his job as head coach.’
29. ‘Despite the self-deprecation
30. both outfits do a fair imitation of rock stars
31. and while Fake Mistake is certainly shambolic
32. it's also a rewarding listen - assured
33. smart
34. and inventive.’
35. ‘We pass the school bus and reach the beginnings of Troy - a security gate with a man drinking coffee - and then I see the Horse: grey
36. singed metal
37. dwarfing our van
38. strangely shambolic.’
39. ‘The armies of the surrounding Arab countries (with the exception of the British-led Jordanian Arab Legion)
40. were shambolic and hopeless.’
41. ‘Living up to some shambolic ideal of its own invention
42. The Replacements influenced virtually every band emerging in the early '90s
43. both in its punk-informed songs and in its career arc.’
44. ‘Crash The Party is a shambolic anthem that recalls the jerky
45. off-kilter energy of Hot Hot Heat in their prime
46. while there's a warm glow surrounding the slightly more stripped down melodies of the softly-spoken Let It Rain.’
47. ‘He was fine before he went on stage but
48. once he was there
49. he transformed into this shambolic drug-addled circus freak.’
50. ‘The groundbreaking Sicilian work loses all sense of tragedy in Christ Church's shambolic production
51. which even manages to ruin Pirandello's subtle jibes at traditional theatre.’
52. ‘An idiosyncratic mix of deliberately shambolic skits
53. sketches
54. stunts and spoofs
55. interrupted by fervent bickering
56. the show appeared intermittently from 1987 to huge public and critical acclaim.’