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21:57 Mar 22, 2020
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English term or phrase: omnishambolic
Definition from Oxford Dictionary:
Adjective: A situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations. First used in the British satirical television series The Thick of It.

Example sentence(s):
  • Ken could still win. Anger at the Prime Minister and his omnishambolic administration could still tip the scales. The Telegraph
  • On charities, the reality is that the Prime Minister is not making the rich worse off. He is making charities worse off. Over the past month we have seen the charity tax shambles, the churches tax shambles, the caravan tax shambles and the pasty tax shambles, so we are all keen to hear the Prime Minister’s view on why he thinks, four weeks on from the Budget, even people within Downing Street are calling it an omnishambles Budget. Ed MilibParliament of the United Kingdom
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Andrea Capuselli
Andrea Capuselli
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Summary of translations provided
4stümperhaft
Lisa Wetzmueller
4dilletantisch
Christoph Pajer
4völlig chaotisch
M. Perk


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stümperhaft


Definition from own experience or research:
Das Adjektiv "stümperhaft" bezeichnet eine unprofessionelle, dilettantische Person oder Handlung, die alles vermurkst.

Example sentence(s):
  • Viel eher hat das Weiße Haus einen stümperhaften Plan aufgebauscht, so scheint es mir. - DWDS  
  • So pfiffig der Betrug im Ansatz war, so stümperhaft erfolgte die Ausführung. - DWDS  

Explanation:
I actually don't think that there is a real synonym for "omnishambolic", but "stümperhaft" might come close in many contexts.
Lisa Wetzmueller
Austria
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: German

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neutral  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: Ich glaube, hier ist eher das Chaos gemeint, das dann freilich von Dilettantismus begleitet wird: durch und durch missorganisiert/chaotisch.
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  -> Ja, ich stimme zu, dass "stümperhaft" den Kern nicht ganz trifft. Allerdings hätte ich es als eheste Übersetzung für die im Ausgangspost zitierten Beispielssätze verwendet -- "chaotisch" und "missorganisiert" trifft es mMn auch nicht ganz.
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dilletantisch


Definition from own experience or research:
stümperhaft, unzulänglich
"Innenministerin Johanna Mikl-Leitner sei "mit dem Dreschflegel" vorgegangen, die Regierung habe sich "dilettantisch" auf die jetzige Situation vorbereitet."

Example sentence(s):
  • Innenministerin Johanna Mikl-Leitner sei "mit dem Dreschflegel" vorgegangen, die Regierung habe sich "dilettantisch" auf die jetzige Situation vorbereitet. - Der Standard  
Christoph Pajer
Austria
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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völlig chaotisch


Definition from lexico.com:
Herleitung:
Lateinisches Präfix omni- : alles, jeder, ganz
shambolic Übersetzung: chaotisch

Example sentence(s):
  • "Völlig chaotische" Zustände - Spiegel  
  • Insgesamt kann man die Situation als *völlig chaotisch* bezeichnen. - Stern  

Explanation:
umgangssprachlicher
M. Perk
Spain
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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