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disastrous
/dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/
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What does disastrous mean?
adjective
- Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
- Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/
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It was the vane on the roof turning round, and this change in the wind was the signal for a disastrous rain.
This disastrous event did not produce like despondency in our partisan or his followers, though it furnished reasons for the greatest circumspection.
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Puritanic and academic taboo of sex in education and religion is as disastrous to human welfare as prostitution or the venereal scourges.
I remember an instance of carelessness, which might have had a disastrous result, many years ago, when I was hunting in Ceylon.
The disastrous end of Laperouse's expedition before he had completed his task prevented him from adequately realising his possibilities as a discoverer.