disastrous

adjective di·sas·trous \ di-ˈzas-trəs also -ˈsas- \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Examples: disastrous in a Sentence

Definition of disastrous

1 : attended by or causing suffering or disaster : calamitous

a disastrous flood

2 : terrible, horrendous

a disastrous score

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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.

Recent Examples of disastrous from the Web

For one reason, the court situation is still a giant mess, so rolling out significant changes while the courts are still deciding the fate of the repeal could be disastrous.

— aja romano, Vox, "Net neutrality is officially repealed. Here’s what happens next.," 11 June 2018
For Houston, a Game 1 defeat at home could be disastrous.

— bruce jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, "Warriors-Houston matchups," 12 May 2018
American diplomats in Central America and Haiti warned the administration that ending TPS and forcing a mass migration to struggling countries with unstable infrastructure would be disastrous.

— luke darby, GQ, "The Trump Administration Is Forcing Out Thousands of Immigrants Against Its Own Ambassadors’ Warnings," 9 May 2018
The President's habit of trying to shape his own reality and haziness with the truth is one reason why his lawyers are adamant that offering an interview to special counsel Robert Mueller could be disastrous.

— stephen collinson, CNN, "Trump divines his own truth without consequences," 7 May 2018
That doesn't happen in Oregon's 33 other counties -- and the results of that lack of scrutiny can be disastrous, The Oregonian/OregonLive showed this week.

— hillary borrud, OregonLive.com, "Oregon pilot program for foster system lawyers 'wildly successful' but limited," 4 May 2018
He is not daunted by the disastrous failure of his party to achieve that goal in 2017, despite trifecta control of Congress and the White House.

— ed kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Cruz Wants to Launch One More Harpoon at the Great White Whale of Obamacare," 24 Jan. 2018
The Phenix City native started at quarterback the final four games of his freshman season in 2012 and set the school's freshman record for quarterback efficiency (139.60) during the Tigers' disastrous 3-9 campaign that year.

— tom green, AL.com, "Former Auburn QB/WR Jonathan Wallace joins staff at Bethel University," 9 Jan. 2018
The 23-year-old is suddenly fighting for her life on the open seas after a sailing trip with her fiancé Richard Sharp, played by the charming Sam Claflin, takes a disastrous turn.

— morgan baila, refinery29.com, "Shailene Woodley Defends Adrift's Big Twist," 1 June 2018

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