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
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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.
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After a series of disastrous attempts to deploy their invention within multiple cyclones, a final, massive tornado rips through the area.
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Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Our disastrous experience with the war on drugs invites us to recover a sense of constitutional possibility.
—David Pozen, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
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Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Our disastrous experience with the war on drugs invites us to recover a sense of constitutional possibility.
—David Pozen, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Disastrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disastrous. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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