disastrous
dis|as|trous /dɪz'ɑːstrəs, -z'æs-/
1 [ADJ]
A disastrous event has extremely bad consequences and effects.
...the recent, disastrous earthquake...
= catastrophic
● disastrously [ADV] ADV adj/prep, ADV with v
The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule...
2 [ADJ]
If you describe something as disastrous, you mean that it was very unsuccessful.
...their disastrous performance in the general election of 1906.
● disastrously [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
...the company's disastrously timed venture into property development.
1 [ADJ]
A disastrous event has extremely bad consequences and effects.
...the recent, disastrous earthquake...
= catastrophic
● disastrously [ADV] ADV adj/prep, ADV with v
The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule...
2 [ADJ]
If you describe something as disastrous, you mean that it was very unsuccessful.
...their disastrous performance in the general election of 1906.
● disastrously [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
...the company's disastrously timed venture into property development.