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helter-skelter
adjective as in with undue hurry and confusion
adverb as in carelessly, confused
Example Sentences
How destructive his term will be remains unknowable, but his helter-skelter, vengeance-fueled approach to wielding power may have the ironic effect of impeding his ability to deliver on his more radical promises.
The conditions made for a helter-skelter session with drivers clearly struggling for grip on a track where F1 has not held a race for five years.
In the contemporary, helter-skelter sweep of Mexico City, there is one place — in the southern borough of Xochimilco — where a vision of a watery, pre-Columbian capital may still be imagined.
A breathless, helter-skelter second half saw Sarkic make a super diving save from Cannon to keep the Lions in the tie, before Watmore capitalised with a richly deserved goal.
That helter-skelter transition threw much of the economics of entertainment out of whack.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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