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disastrous

[ dih-zas-truhs, -zah-struhs ]

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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱·tdzܲ· adverb
  • 徱·tdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDzd·tdzܲ adjective
  • non徱·tdzܲ· adverb
  • non徱·tdzܲ·Ա noun
  • d·tdzܲ adjective
  • pre徱·tdzܲ· adverb
  • ܲȴ-徱·tdzܲ adjective
  • quasi-徱·tdzܲ· adverb
  • ܲd·tdzܲ adjective
  • un徱·tdzܲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disastrous1

1580–90; < Middle French desastreux, Italian disastroso. See disaster, -ous
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He never quite gets around to addressing the grief that people might feel if a family member dies to prove some asinine theological point; he considers that to be "disastrous sentimentalism."

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“This is one of the most disastrous and poorly thought out policies that the Trump administration has done thus far, and that’s saying a lot,” he added.

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These latest revelations show how much Andrew had become an isolated figure after his disastrous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview - as well as the palace intrigue surrounding his attempts to recover his position.

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But their journey South is just as much one of deliberate self-destruction, an epic flame-out that is clearly meant to climax once they arrive at their parents’ home — the prodigal child’s disastrous return.

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Southern California Edison crews are scaling tall electrical towers, testing the nearby soil and taking close-up images of electrical equipment, the latest detailed examination to determine exactly what sparked the disastrous Eaton fire.

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