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  • adverb In a shambolic manner.

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  • adverb in a shambolic manner

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Examples

  • The "flics" look as menacing as ever, complete with body armour, truncheons and pistols, even though they are mostly dealing with shambolically intoxicated youths rather than would-be revolutionaries.

    France's young binge drinkers upset cafe society with their 'British boozing' 2011

  • As The Economist recently observed, For something so central to the modern world, the Internet is shambolically governed.

    Joe Waz: Internet Governance at a Crossroads Joe Waz 2012

  • As The Economist recently observed, For something so central to the modern world, the Internet is shambolically governed.

    Joe Waz: Internet Governance at a Crossroads Joe Waz 2012

  • Had Diego Milito's goal in the first leg been correctly ruled out for being sixty-miles offside, or had Barça's totally valid goal not been shambolically dismissed, then Barcelona would have contested the final in Madrid.

    How do you like your sour grapes, Señor Xavi Hernández? | Richard Williams 2011

  • His return was in a LA/New York fixture, which looked great after the brilliance of a 2007 meeting between the two teams, but has faltered somewhat now that the Red Bulls are terrible, losing shambolically 3-1.

    Week at a Glance: Phase II of the Experiment Andrew Bates 2009

  • But with an ongoing nurses strike that shows no signs of ending, a shambolically run health service, rising inflation and gridlock in every major city, all is not lost for the increasingly beleaguered opposition leader, Enda Kenny.

    The Irish General Election 2007

  • I went along to the results announcement this afternoon - a typically shambolically CCO organised event.

    A New Era for the Tories 2005

  • I went along to the results announcement this afternoon - a typically shambolically CCO organised event.

    Archive 2005-12-01 2005

  • If anything, it is a terrible political gamble for Gordon Brown, whose Government is proceeding shambolically and is nowhere near achieving a consensus in the Commons.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

  • If anything, it is a terrible political gamble for Gordon Brown, whose Government is proceeding shambolically and is nowhere near achieving a consensus in the Commons.

    The case for 56 days 2007

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