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单词 shambolic
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shambolicadj.

Brit. /ʃamˈbɒlɪk/, U.S. /ˌʃæmˈbɑlɪk/
Etymology: < shamble n.1 5b, perhaps after symbolic adj.
colloquial.
Chaotic, disorderly, undisciplined. Reported to be ‘in common use’ in 1958.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective]
troublec1374
misorderlya1568
unorderly1578
luxate1597
incomposed1608
methodless1609
tumultuary1609
unordered1621
disorderly1632
higgledy-piggledy1676
rantum-scantum1695
throughother1720
rough and tumble1818
ramshackle1820
skimble-skamble1826
ahoo1828
disordinate1840
disorganic1841
ramshackly1883
rantum-scootum1885
tumultuarious1895
ragtime1917
inchoate1922
higgledya1953
shambolic1970
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adjective] > disarranged
disordered?a1560
disarrayed1600
disorderly1632
deranged1875
messed-up1909
sheg-up1941
shambolic1970
1970 Times 18 June 9 His office in Printing House Square is so impeccably tidy that it is..a standing reproach to the standard image of shambolic newspaper offices.
1975 Times 14 June 8/5 The average listener is in the position of anybody who encounters an organization at work for the first time. It may appear shambolic but how much is that because he hasn't yet made sense of it.
1978 R. Jansson News Caper xiii. 110 We may have a shambolic landing, Jean. I want you to go right through the aircraft reminding people about the emergency drill.
1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts July 509/1 It will continue in a much more shambolic manner than the urbanization that has occurred in the Western World.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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