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disastrous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | black, calamitous, fatal, fateful |
| Derivation | disaster |
the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign.
Examples of disastrous
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Keeping all our eggs in a single basket will, sooner or later, prove disastrous.
From the newscientist.com
The initiative results from Tuesday also were disastrous from a GOP perspective.
From the ocregister.com
Forcing them to verify a worker's legal status, he said, would prove disastrous.
From the bostonherald.com
The result was a disastrous, lightning-fast, dripping-molten-plastic house fire.
From the newscientist.com
Their best ideas often have disastrous consequences, such as the current crisis.
From the economist.com
That was in 2006, when the Cubs were trying to rebound from a disastrous season.
From the dailyherald.com
He arrived in Miami in time to sign up for the disastrous Bay of Pigs operation.
From the theatlantic.com
The disastrous consequences of McCain-Feingold for the Democrats were immediate.
From the theatlantic.com
That left the situation to be classified as embarrassing rather than disastrous.
From the philly.com
- Black: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; " ...
- (disastrously) in a disastrous manner; "the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began"
- Some well built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundation. Rails bent.
