disastrous
adjective
also -ˈsa-\
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Synonyms for disastrous
Synonyms
calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, fatal, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate
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The aim of the suits is to recover money from talent agencies, performers, vendors, and other entities that were paid to promote and carry out the infamously disastrous festival. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski, and Other Stars Are Officially Being Sued Over Fyre Festival Payments," 1 Sep. 2019 This, of course, was long before both Hulu and Netflix dropped competing documentaries about the disastrous Fyre Festival last January. — Los Angeles Times, "In ‘Amazing Johnathan,’ a director confronts meth addiction — and maybe even tries it himself," 19 Aug. 2019 If citizens were not permitted to use money to amplify their speech to take on the politically entrenched, the result would be disastrous for the American experiment in democracy: an ossified ruling class. — Joe Lonsdale, National Review, "Regulating Speech Won’t Fix Our Politics," 12 Aug. 2019 Fyre Fest Supermodel Kendall Jenner was one of the influencers hired to promote the disastrous Fyre Fest music festival in the Bahamas that spawned not one, but two, documentaries. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "The Kardashian-Jenners Just Addressed So Many of Their Controversies in a Huge New York Times Profile," 31 Mar. 2019 Updated on October 11: Billy McFarland, one of the organizers of the disastrous Fyre Festival, is going to prison. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison," 11 Oct. 2018 The blogger who helped chronicle the disastrous Bahamian Fyre Festival and his friend have won a $5 million lawsuit against the event's founder Billy McFarland. — Colin Stutz, Billboard, "Fyre Fest Founder Billy McFarland Loses $5M Lawsuit to Two Attendees," 3 July 2018 In contrast, at Del Mar, where officials have chosen to stick to a five-day race week but have been offering fewer races on a card, the numbers have been disastrous. — Joe Drape, New York Times, "Where Have All the Race Horses Gone?," 23 Aug. 2019 Maeda’s command was absent in the second inning and, consequently, the results were disastrous. — Los Angeles Times, "Dodgers rally late with home runs to beat the Braves," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disastrous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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