total mess

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandmess

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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mess
noun
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
Mess or a mess is something or someone that looks dirty ...
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(Definition oftotalandmessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal mess

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Even so, there seems little doubt that its guardianship of the electoral records after the election was atotalmess.
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They are in atotalmessabout their own policy.
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If everyone starts messing around with their exchange rates, they will get into atotalmess.
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The name was abolished and the station was given to somebody else, who made atotalmessof it.
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The situation has been going on far too long; it is atotalmess.
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They are an absolute, complete andtotalmess.
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That is a typical example of atotalmess-up.
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Labour would do what it always does: make atotalmessof it.
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I believe that it is atotalmess.
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Over the years we have made atotalmessof immigration.
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The whole thing is atotalmess.
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The proposal is atotalmess.
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It is fair to say to those who have to attempt to find their way through these minefields that the regulations as at present constituted are atotalmess.
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It is an abysmal,totalmess.
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It is atotalmess, and there are gross disincentives for young people doing full-time courses in the craft and technician areas that we all want to see expanded.
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Romero himself has stated that he considers this film to be his worst, and has referred to this film as atotalmess.
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It's an audience picture; it doesn't have a lot of classy polish and its structure is atotalmess.
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