calamitous
adjective
ca·lam·i·tous
kə-ˈla-mə-təs 
: being, causing, or accompanied by calamity
calamitous events
a calamitous earthquake
calamitously
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of calamitous in a Sentence
the calamitous state of the nation's economy
a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business
Recent Examples on the Web
Music For Subscribers Behind the calamitous fall of hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Dec. 13, 2023
Authorities have said little about the probe.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Music For Subscribers Behind the calamitous fall of hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Dec. 13, 2023
The investigation into Combs is being directed by federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Obst was widely credited with rescuing the 1994 all-female Western Bad Girls — starring Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell, Mary Stuart Masterson and Drew Barrymore — from an utterly calamitous shoot.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Emmy Awards:Ariana DeBose and Bella Ramsey hug it out following Critics Choice Awards joke
Writer Nick Shafir’s entertainingly calamitous premise mines real-world global anxiety, though the plot becomes convoluted heading into the final act as various machinations take hold of the crew members.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
The killing at the convoy came as Israel has been facing intense international pressure to allow more aid into Gaza, where aid workers have warned of calamitous hunger, spreading diseases and widespread lawlessness.
—Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
If there were whispers that something more perverse or calamitous might have transpired, they were branded libelous, sensationalist, or otherwise untrue.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The impact of Congress’s indecision is already calamitous.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
From one point of view, no doubt the most sensible, what had happened to me was not as calamitous as what befell the residents of the Starliner Tower.
—Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Music For Subscribers Behind the calamitous fall of hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Dec. 13, 2023
The investigation into Combs is being directed by federal prosecutors with the Southern District of New York.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Obst was widely credited with rescuing the 1994 all-female Western Bad Girls — starring Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell, Mary Stuart Masterson and Drew Barrymore — from an utterly calamitous shoot.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Emmy Awards:Ariana DeBose and Bella Ramsey hug it out following Critics Choice Awards joke
Writer Nick Shafir’s entertainingly calamitous premise mines real-world global anxiety, though the plot becomes convoluted heading into the final act as various machinations take hold of the crew members.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
The killing at the convoy came as Israel has been facing intense international pressure to allow more aid into Gaza, where aid workers have warned of calamitous hunger, spreading diseases and widespread lawlessness.
—Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
If there were whispers that something more perverse or calamitous might have transpired, they were branded libelous, sensationalist, or otherwise untrue.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The impact of Congress’s indecision is already calamitous.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
From one point of view, no doubt the most sensible, what had happened to me was not as calamitous as what befell the residents of the Starliner Tower.
—Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
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“Calamitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calamitous. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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calamitous
adjective
ca·lam·i·tous
kə-ˈlam-ət-əs
: causing or accompanied by calamity
calamitous events
calamitously
adverb
calamitousness
noun
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