omnishambles

noun

The definition of omnishambles is a situation of total disorder and chaos.

An example of an omnishambles is the financial trouble stemming from the failure of a major bank.

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Noun

(plural omnishambles)

(UK, chiefly politics) A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
Between the car accident, the food poisoning and the lost keys, the holiday was an omnishambles.

Origin

omni- +‎ shambles. Coined by the television show The Thick of It in 2009.