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How to pronounce disastrous

IPA transcription: [dɪ'zæstɹəs]

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Adjective

  • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur

    “the stock market crashed on Black Friday”

    “a calamitous defeat”

    “the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign”

    “such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory”

    “it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it”

    “a fateful error”