disastrous

Definition

  • adjective: causing great suffering or loss
  • adjective: attended by or causing suffering or 'disaster'
  • synonyms: appalling, awful, baneful

Examples

  • The bad weather could have a 'disastrous' effect on the area's tourism industry.

  • His failure to back up the computer files had 'disastrous' consequences.

  • Half the city was destroyed by a 'disastrous' fire.

Movie quotes

  • (..) we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. America went into a major mobilization, revived its defense industries, (..)
    2009 Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup