[O]ne must admit there were those among us who were somewhat on the shambolic side.
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Shambolic
//ʃamˈbɒlɪk//
Synonyms for "shambolic" (3 found)
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7 translations across 5 languages.
Galician
1 entries- caótico adj (chaotic)
Hungarian
2 entries- kaotikus adj (chaotic)
- kusza adj (chaotic)
Māori
2 entries- kaumingomingo adj (chaotic)
- kūnakunaku adj (chaotic)
Portuguese
1 entries- caótico adj (chaotic)
Spanish
1 entries- caótico adj (chaotic)
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He said his club had coined a new word 'Shambolic,' which meant spending more time watching the weather than playing.
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The precautionary principle is a culturally framed concept that takes its cue from changing social conceptions about the appropriate roles of science, economics, ethics, politics and the law in pro-active environmental protection and management. As this book will reveal, it is a rather shambolic concept, muddled in policy advice and subject to the whims of international diplomacy and the unpredictable public mood over the true cost of sustainable living.
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The pub was empty of all but the most dedicated drinkers, shambolic figures huddled over bottles.
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