Meaning & use
calamitous
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Causing or involving a disaster; extremely damaging or distressing.
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The factory fire was calamitous for the small town that depended on it for jobs.
Their calamitous decision to skip inspections led to the bridge's collapse.
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Comes from 'calamity'; it describes events or decisions with severe, often widespread negative consequences.
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