Meaning & use
disastrous
Causing great damage, harm, or failure; extremely unsuccessful.
See it in a sentence
The picnic turned disastrous when a sudden storm ruined the food.
Their first business venture was disastrous and closed within a year.
A note on using this word
Disastrous is a strong word; reserve it for genuinely severe failures rather than minor inconveniences.
Words with a similar meaning
catastrophiccalamitous
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