disastrous

adjective

di·sas·trous di-ˈza-strəs

also -ˈsa-

Synonyms of disastrous next

: attended by or causing suffering or disaster : calamitous

a disastrous flood

: terrible, horrendous

a disastrous score

disastrously adverb

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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Which one among them wins is going to depend heavily on who gets hot come the playoffs and who can best avoid disastrous results. —

Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 Gloria’s decision not to pay for an independent evaluation of warehouse health risks — in a city reeling from its disastrous acquisition of an uninhabitable Ash Street office tower — wasn’t just surprising. —

U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 Trying to implement changes in a hurry can have disastrous results. —

Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025 Fleetingly, Silver returned to the East vs. West format in 2024 with the All-Star Game in Indianapolis, to disastrous results. —

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