calamitous
adjective
ca·lam·i·tous
kə-ˈla-mə-təs 
: being, causing, or accompanied by calamity
calamitous events
a calamitous earthquake
calamitously
adverb
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the calamitous state of the nation's economy
a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
About a mile south — at a rural corner lot since flattened by Tuesday’s calamitous explosions at a fireworks storage facility — laid the place where their missing sons and grandsons, respectively, were last known to be.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
For Mao, this was to shore up power following the calamitous Great Leap Forward and amid the tumult of the Cultural Revolution.
—William Hurst, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2025
Red lettering splashes across the departures board, indicating a calamitous level of cancellations.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Calamitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calamitous. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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calamitous
adjective
ca·lam·i·tous
kə-ˈlam-ət-əs
: causing or accompanied by calamity
calamitous events
calamitously
adverb
calamitousness
noun
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