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calamitous

[kuh-lam-i-tuhs]

adjective

  1. causing or involving calamity; disastrous.

    a calamitous defeat.

    Synonyms: , ,
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calamitous

/ əˈæɪə /

adjective

  1. causing, involving, or resulting in a calamity; disastrous

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • calamitously adverb
  • calamitousness noun
  • uncalamitous adjective
  • uncalamitously adverb
  • ˈٴdzܲ adverb
  • ˈٴdzܲԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of calamitous1

First recorded in 1535–45; calamit(y) + -ous
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"It was a range of calamitous events, one after the other," he said.

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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!"

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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.

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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.

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"Is it calamitous blunders tripping them up or was it just they were so blasé they wouldn't get caught?"

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