dumpster fire

noun

variants or less commonly Dumpster fire

US, informal

: an utterly calamitous or mismanaged situation or occurrence : disaster

Reese and McAdoo take the fall for what has been a dumpster fire of a season, one which has them at 2-10 on the season, and in line for one of the top two picks in the 2018 NFL Draft.—

James Kratch

So while 2017 has been, by many measures, a complete dumpster fire of a year, New Yorkers can at the very least take refuge in the fact that their city is becoming an even safer place to live.—

Clayton Guse

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The Arizona Bowl was a dumpster fire lit right under Snoop Dogg’s nose. —

Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025 Deion Sanders Can Change The Dallas Cowboys Culture Prior to Sanders arriving in Boulder, the Colorado Buffaloes were a complete dumpster fire. —

Vincent Frank, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 In many ways, 2025 already feels like a dumpster fire. —

Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025 Mullen was an Urban disciple, and Napier walked into an undisciplined dumpster fire at Florida. —

David Whitley, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dumpster fire