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disastrous
disastrous /dɪˈzɑːstrəs $ dɪˈzæ-/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: disaster; adverb: disastrously; adjective: disastrous
very bad, or ending in failure:
    a disastrous first marriage
    disastrous effects/consequences/results
    Climate change could have disastrous effects on Earth.
    The move proved disastrous (=was disastrous) for the company.
—disastrously adverb