disastrous
Use Disastrous in a sentence
trəs, -ˈzɑ adjective
1.
causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
2.
Archaic. foreboding disaster.
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disaster (dɪˈzɑːstə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an occurrence that causes great distress or destruction |
| 2. | a thing, project, etc, that fails or has been ruined |
| [C16 (originally in the sense: malevolent astral influence): from Italian disastro, from dis- (pejorative) + astro star, from Latin astrum, from Greek astron] | |
| dis'astrous | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
Early efforts to curb that outbreak ranged from ineffective to disastrous.
Bluffing can be potentially disastrous if you really do want the job.
The record of top-down schemes to revive cities by remaking neighborhoods is littered with disastrous unintended consequences.
Then, the system needs to find alternatives unblemished by the disastrous decisions of the past-and technocrats fit the bill.
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