FUBAR

ˈfuːbɑr

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Definition of FUBAR - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition

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situation extremely messed up and hard to fix

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Slang

The project is totally FUBAR after the crash.

acr: Fouled Up Beyond Any Repair

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situation that is completely ruined or broken

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The project is FUBAR after the crash.

acr: Fucked up beyond all recognition

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Slang

situation that is very messed up

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The project was FUBAR after the mistake.

messed up

snafu

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Examples of FUBAR in a sentence

Our schedule became FUBAR overnight.
After the update, the software was FUBAR.
The engine is FUBAR and won't start.
The event was FUBAR from the start.
After the changes, the system was completely FUBAR.

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French:FUBAR, HS, ...
German:FUBAR, völlig im Eimer, ...
Italian:FUBAR, ...
Spanish:totalmente arruinado, irreparable, ...
Portuguese:FUBAR, completamente lixado, ...
Chinese:彻底搞砸, 彻底搞砸了, ...
Japanese:FUBAR, めちゃくちゃ, ...
Arabic:وَضْع مُدَمَّر تَمَامًا, وَضْع خارِج عَن السَّيْطَرَة, ...
Hebrew:מְבוּלְגָּן לְגַמְרֵי, הַמַּצָּב הָרוּס לַחֲלוּטִין, ...
Russian:FUBAR, ППЦ, ...
Ukrainian:повний безлад, повний капець, ...
Hindi:पूरी तरह गड़बड़, पूरी तरह चौपट, ...
Bengali:পুরোপুরি গুবলেট অবস্থা, পুরোপুরি ভেস্তে যাওয়া অবস্থা, ...
Catalan:fet un nyap, Completament arruïnat, ...
Czech:totálně v háji, v háji, ...
Danish:helt fucked, FUBAR, ...
Dutch:FUBAR, compleet verknald, ...
Greek:εντελώς διαλυμένο, τελείως κατεστραμμένο, ...
Hungarian:totál káosz, teljesen el van cseszve, ...
Khmer:រញ៉េរញ៉ៃខ្លាំងហួសកែ, ខូចខាតរហូតមិនអាចជួសជុលបាន, ...
Korean:FUBAR, 완전히 엉망진창인 상태, ...
Persian:فوبار, داغان, ...
Polish:totalna katastrofa, FUBAR, ...
Portuguese (BR):FUBAR, FDG, ...
Romanian:vraiște, varză, ...
Swedish:FUBAR, Fullständigt förstörd, ...
Thai:พังยับเยินเกินกว่าจะจำได้, พังยับเยินเกินกว่าจะซ่อมแซมได้, ...
Turkish:FUBAR, berbat halde, ...
Vietnamese:toang nặng, Hỏng hoàn toàn không thể sửa chữa, ...

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