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US
/kəˈɫæmətəs/
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[ UK /kɐlˈæmɪtəs/ ]
[ UK /kɐlˈæmɪtəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
a calamitous defeat
a fateful error
such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory
the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
the stock market crashed on Black Friday
it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it
How To Use calamitous In A Sentence
- Public and private opinion wilted before the simoon of calamitous report. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail
- History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions.
- It was a calamitous error of judgement. Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State
- I remember that with the help of my agent we stopped the publication of a calamitous German transmogrification of Loves That Bind where everything was translated and the Paris plane trees were transformed into banana trees.
- His removal from command of the army he had forged had a calamitous effect on the morale of his men.
- It is still a tale of thwarted hopes and suppressed unhappiness, but the misery she reveals is calamitous only in its traumatic effects on one family.
- In certain cases, this type of leader has created calamitous results for both subordinates and the organization.
- On one side was Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, railing against what he called the cacophony of Web 2.0 and the calamitous effects of user-generated content on our culture. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
- After a calamitous decline in the value two years ago, it's now more stable.
- We will recall the calamitous response to that disaster, during which some kids weren't reunited with their families for up to six months. Mark Shriver: Another Gulf Coast Disaster...Are We Ready?
