omnishamblesnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈɒm.nɪˌʃæm.bəlz//ˈɑːm.nɪˌʃæm.bəlz/UK informala situation that is bad in many different ways, because things have been organized badly and serious mistakes have been made:
The implementation of the new policy was branded an "omnishambles" by the Opposition spokesperson on education.
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- foul-up
- free fall
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- parody
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
- underachiever
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