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1
bringing about ruin or misfortune
- a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business
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- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- fortunate,
- happy,
- lucky,
- providential
2
causing or tending to cause destruction
- a calamitous flood that destroyed the town's central business district
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“Calamitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamitous. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of calamitous was in 1545
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