Calamitous (Adjective)
Meaning
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The city's economic decline was marked by a calamitous combination of factors, including natural disasters, corrupt government, and mismanagement of resources.
- The new business owner suffered a calamitous setback when his factory was destroyed in a fire just a month after opening.
- The investor's fortunes were dealt a calamitous blow when the stock market plummeted and wiped out a significant portion of his wealth.
- The coach described the team's recent performance as calamitous, citing their string of losses as evidence of a deep-seated problem.
- The critic argued that the playwright's last production was calamitous, marked by a meandering plot, flat characters, and amateurish staging.