Disastrous

//dɪˈzæs.tɹəs//

"Disastrous" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.

Solar storms next year could prove disastrous for the electrical grid.

The sign for siblings in Japanese sign language could well be misunderstood by many Americans with disastrous consequences.

If you left now, it would have disastrous consequences.

That would be disastrous. Heaven forfend!

Heaven forbid! That would be disastrous.

The government's decision had disastrous economic consequences.

Every politician must be responsive to complaints from the public, or he or she will become inflexible and make disastrous decisions.

That would be disastrous.

I would do the same for what you did for me, but unfortunately I find myself in a difficult and disastrous situation.

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In addition, he was also able to reinforce the unease among progressive Democratic-leaning voters over Clinton’s disastrous pro-interventionist positions, thereby suppressing turnout and encouraging third party support in some key swing states that made the difference in his Electoral College victory.

A fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin.

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