What (who) is disastrous - definition
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disastrous
¦ adjective
1. causing great damage.
2. informal highly unsuccessful.
Derivatives
disastrously adverb
disastrous
adj.
1) disastrous to
2) disastrous to + inf. (it would be disastrous to wait)
disastrous
1.
A disastrous event has extremely bad consequences and effects.
...the recent, disastrous earthquake...
= catastrophic
ADJ
• disastrously
The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule...
ADV: ADV adj/prep, ADV with v
2.
If you describe something as disastrous, you mean that it was very unsuccessful.
...their disastrous performance in the general election of 1906.
ADJ
• disastrously
...the company's disastrously timed venture into property development.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
Wikipedia
List of fires
Pronunciation examples for disastrous
1. Disastrous.
_ Sarah Robb O'Hagan _ Talks at Google
2. It's disastrous.
The News - A User's Manual _ Alain de Botton _ Talks at Google
3. have been disastrous.
Nicholas Thompson _ Building for Digital Health _ Talks at Google
4. a disastrous period.
Age of Discovery _ Professor Ian Goldin _ Talks at Google
5. with almost disastrous results.
The Boy Who Played with Fusion _ Tom Clynes _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of disastrous
1. The past few days have been disastrous for her which means, as she remains Foreign Secretary, disastrous for the country.
2. This lethal misjudgment has had disastrous results.
3. "This is disastrous news for British manufacturing.
4. Mr Radice‘s disastrous LifeStore project cost 30m.
5. The president said raising taxes would harm the economy, especially at a time of rising gasoline prices. A tax increase wold be disastrous for business, disastrous for families and disastrous for this economy,‘‘ Bush told a Washington audience.