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calamitous
[kuh-lam-i-tuhs]
calamitous
/ əˈæɪə /
adjective
causing, involving, or resulting in a calamity; disastrous
Other 51Թ Forms
- calamitously adverb
- calamitousness noun
- uncalamitous adjective
- uncalamitously adverb
- ˈٴdzܲ adverb
- ˈٴdzܲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of calamitous1
Example Sentences
"It was a range of calamitous events, one after the other," he said.
His calamitous live TV debate performance last June prompted further questions, as Biden stumbled over his words, lost his thread mid-sentence and boasted, somewhat bafflingly, that "We finally beat Medicare!"
It has been a calamitous season after last year's Championship triumph, with two managers, four wins and no home league goals for almost five months.
In 1991’s “The Doors,” Oliver Stone pushed the boundaries of a music biopic to make a calamitous, imperfect work that could accurately reflect the spectacle that was Jim Morrison’s life.
"Is it calamitous blunders tripping them up or was it just they were so blasé they wouldn't get caught?"
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