disastrous
adjective
di·sas·trous
di-ˈza-strəs 
also -ˈsa-
1
: attended by or causing suffering or disaster : calamitous
a disastrous flood
2
: terrible, horrendous
a disastrous score
disastrously
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of disastrous in a Sentence
Half the city was destroyed by a disastrous fire.
The bad weather could have a disastrous effect on the area's tourism industry.
His failure to back up the computer files had disastrous consequences.
The strike was economically disastrous.
Recent Examples on the Web
As with the disastrous family-separation policy of Trump’s first term, this plan is likely to be gratuitously harmful to children, about 4.4 million of whom are US citizens living with an undocumented parent.
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 13 June 2024
This was a disastrous beginning that raised questions about the viability of Eberflus and even members of the front office.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2024
Color Out of Space Year: 2020 Runtime: 1h 50m
Director: Richard Stanley
Richard Stanley co-wrote and directed an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, marking his first time behind the camera since the disastrous 1996 production of The Island of Dr. Moreau.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 June 2024
The author, Director of the Indian Institute for Population Studies in Madras, spent the…
Tojo and the Coming of the War
This imposing political biography deals centrally with the origins of the Pacific War in 1941 and with Tojo's role in that disastrous sequence of events.
—Henry L. Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 13 June 2024
This was a disastrous beginning that raised questions about the viability of Eberflus and even members of the front office.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2024
Color Out of Space Year: 2020 Runtime: 1h 50m
Director: Richard Stanley
Richard Stanley co-wrote and directed an adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name, marking his first time behind the camera since the disastrous 1996 production of The Island of Dr. Moreau.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 June 2024
The author, Director of the Indian Institute for Population Studies in Madras, spent the…
Tojo and the Coming of the War
This imposing political biography deals centrally with the origins of the Pacific War in 1941 and with Tojo's role in that disastrous sequence of events.
—Henry L. Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for disastrous
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“Disastrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disastrous. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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