disastrous
Example Sentences
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Sure, there are a few amateurs with metal detectors willing to give it a crack when a destination wedding takes a disastrous turn.
But Aston Martin are last in the world championship after what amounts to a disastrous start to the season.
From BBC
He added: "Nigel Farage has chutzpah to return to the stage and say 'things are disastrous, and I'm the person to fix it'."
From BBC
In the early 1700s, Scotland’s economic strength had been depleted by a disastrous colonial project.
The allies didn’t adequately prepare for multilayered obstacles involving mines in the water and guns on the shore, and were drawn into a disastrous ground campaign that resulted in 250,000 casualties.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
