How To Use Disastrous In A Sentence

Moreover some parts of gain will devolute to Italian Red Cross seriously employed in the disastrous earthquake land that hit the middle lands of Italia few weeks ago. MacMegasite
The results were disastrous, plunging the country into deep depression, with high unemployment, sharply falling living standards and serious political unrest.
For winemakers in the Rhone, 2002 was a disastrous year, with violent storms and huge rainfall during the harvest.
Measles, mumps and rubella are unpleasant diseases and an epidemic in this country would be disastrous.
But memories of prior political awakenings that ended disastrously were revived when the Polish military cracked down in 1981.

Then it all seemed to go disastrously wrong. The Sun
To entrust such commercial affairs to a non-executive board "has potentially disastrous consequences".
In paying homage to his political spoilsman and teacher, he had only narrowly been spared a potentially disastrous appointment.
Many of the insanities start in this fashion; and all such practices, instead of being encouraged, should be discouraged; and all experienced and intelligent students of psychical research warn those who "dabble" in the subject against the repeated and promiscuous indulgence in such practices -- because of the dangerous, even disastrous, effects upon the mind, in many instances. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal
At all events, the disastrous term concluded quietly. The Longest Journey
The cause of the disastrous slump in economic activity was bad policy rather than anything integral to the capitalist economy. Times, Sunday Times
At the Battle of Courtrai in 1302, the French army was disastrously defeated by Flemish burghers.
Discussions are taking place in the Pentagon over how to "loosen" the restrictions imposed by the disastrous "don't ask, don't tell" policy, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Feminist blogs in english » 2009 » June
It is immoral and absurd to shackle all citizens because of the feared imprudence or disastrous luck of a tiny percentage.
TSMC's 40nm process maturity can simply be described as disastrously bad. Madshrimps News RSS Feed
When this is compounded over time, the effect is a lasting imprint in the mind of the child - so much so that the child carries the experience with them into their adult life with disastrous results.
No doubt the Labor Party will be spending a lot of time, money and energy analysing how it so disastrously lost the election.
The disadvantages are that the batteries are inconvenient to change and severe battery leakage can be disastrous to the circuit board.
In light of this "curious case of the cacophonous snack pack," I find that many people see sustainability as a version of a Faustian dilemma; they often knowingly make choices that have immediate personal benefits, but in the long run are disastrous for all of us. Ron Ashkenas: Sustainability's Faustian Dilemma
After today's disastrous end to Italy's 2010 World Cup campaign, you may want to remember the word "addio" as in goodbye World Cup 2010. Soccer Blogs - latest posts
It nearly doubled to $26.1 billion its forecast for losses on a troubled $118.7 billion mortgage portfolio tied to its disastrous purchase in 2006 of California lender Golden West Financial Corp.
If he voted the impossible the disastrous possible happened instead — and responsibility was forced on him willy-nilly and destroyed both him and his foundationless temple. Police Need Intelligence Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
It is now 12 years since our rail system was disastrously privatised and allowed to run down.
He even overtook Denmark's Mickael Rasmussen, who had started out six minutes before him but had a disastrous ride on the tricky and technical route's sharp bends, fast downhills and tiring uphills.
Too much exercise can have a disastrous effect on fertility, because it can stop ovulation occurring. PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycystic ovary syndrome
Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
During his mayorship, he demonstrated great administrative ability but a disastrously ill-tuned political antenna.
It has echoes of another disastrous venture. Times, Sunday Times
British politicians suffered a collective crisis of confidence after the disastrous attempt to turn lame ducks into national champions in the 1960s and 1970s. Times, Sunday Times
Instantly, he let go of Sam, his free hand stilling the clapper, for a bell gone awry could have disastrous consequences for its wielder. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy.
Her investment had disastrous consequences: she lost everything she owned.
The city hopes to attract around 3.5 million visitors annually, but last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
A fall might entail disastrous consequences, and, therefore, the ascent should be attempted only by experienced cragsmen.
The petition set forth that the disagreement between the starchers and the members of the Collar and Shirt Manufacturers’ Association was resulting disastrously to the chief industry of the city.
The crisis has been caused by disastrous harvests of key ingredients. The Sun
After our ultimately disastrous first attempt at using our incubator this is just the ticket.
Most fantastic and, as it proved, most disastrous of all the follies of Versailles, was the creation of the free city of Danzig and what was called the Polish Corridor. The Shape of Things to Come
Despite the disastrous night prior, Devin still dwelt in a sublime state, mesmerised by tantalizing blue eyes and a rosebud mouth.
And so they remained determined to try to save the airplane, often with disastrous results. Times, Sunday Times
Gibson won - dered if this was going to be a success; he did not wish to throw too great a strain on their still somewhat pro - visional friendship, and if Jimmy saw too much of him the results might be disastrous. The Sands of Mars
That was disastrous for the company and its financier. The Times Literary Supplement
At the time, the group's president said the proposed changes would have a "disastrous" economic impact on nonscheduled carriers, requiring a roughly 40% increase in the number of pilots on their payrolls. Regulators Delay Pilot-Fatigue Rules
They appear to be good faith efforts to deal with these problems, but from the result it's hardly deniable that the system failed disastrously.
The false claims advanced by the Bush administration that Saddam was building up a serious WMD program and that his regime had given training in “poisons and deadly gases” to al-Qaeda associates in Iraq were the apogee of this hysteria, as they helped to embroil the United States in the disastrous Iraq War. The Longest War
It was Mellor who salvaged something from the disastrous 1990 Broadcasting Bill, which presaged the widely-ridiculed independent television franchise round.
Obama is prone to the same (disastrous) eggheadedness as Kerry was. Obama Camp, Getting Down To Business, Slams Hillary On Tax Returns
The result is disastrous for all concerned. The Times Literary Supplement
The long-term implications of these habitat losses for individual species, if the present trends continue, are likely to be disastrous.
And I know to cast out the transatlantic alliance would be disastrous for Britain.
Why is the U.S. blindly plunging ahead with such a potentially disastrous and outmoded concept?
As one senior MP yesterday vouchsafed, the failure to take on the Liberal Democrats in Brent East was a disastrous mistake.
And in the long run the improvisation of a constitutional structure on the basis of currently perceived utility will be disastrous.
When religion and politics become confused the result is disastrous for both. Times, Sunday Times
On Brighton seafront, traders said large numbers of sunseekers on the beach came as a welcome break in their "disastrous" spring season.
Only after last week's disastrous performance, in which Cho went for laughs by getting tangled in her costume's gold batwings, this week her partner Louis Van Amstel has asserted himself and put the kibosh on all stabs at humor. 'Dancing with Stars': quick steps, Sarah Palin -- and Great Booing Debate
Lee agreed that his disastrous start had given him little chance of victory.
If the acquisition of bad, that is, disserviceable habits, is disastrous to the individual, it is in some respects even worse in the group. Human Traits and their Social Significance
A Royal Navy survey ship has been sent to investigate the epicentre of the underwater earthquake which created the disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
Since the former earlier this week defended the FIA decision to restage the race, even – disastrously –releasing the naive-looking report on which that decision was based, Ecclestone changed his position, while Todt's predecessor Max Mosley said there was not the slightest chance that the race would be run. F1's Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled again as Ecclestone comes under fire
Western women, fully accoutered with nail polish (which is incompatible with manual work), high-heeled shoes (disastrous for the posture and hence the back, and quite unsuitable for walking long distances over bad roads) and brassieres... denounce female circumcision without the shadow of a suspicion that their behavior is absurd. Nomad
These mattoid scientists make a direct and disastrous attack upon the latent self-respect of criminals. Mankind in the Making
He was one of the few Republican successes in the disastrous 2006 midterm election. Times, Sunday Times
It is untested, too risky and too vulnerable to disastrous financial consequences.
My disastrous exam results dealt the coup de grace to my university career.
The whole world is getting a massive overdose of female hormones and the result is absolutely disastrous to many species.
But there is a world of difference between holding as we do that people of goodwill of all races and cultures should preserve our God-given differences through mutually agreed separation, and the brutal and politically disastrous hatred exhibited by the '14 Words' cultists when they describe the unfortunate young victims of propaganda-induced racial integration as 'muds' and want to expel a grandfather from the BNP because his grown-up daughter fell in love with an African. The British National Party
She was in agony and had to be carried away on a stretcher to an ambulance after her ski jump went disastrously wrong. The Sun
The disastrous ratings come after viewers accused it of stereotyping. The Sun
The trade expects lower ending stocks as the last month's weather in key producer country Australia was nothing short of disastrous for yields .
His mechanic had removed a pawl or two in an effort to decrease freehub drag, but the results were disastrous. Ask Nick: Mechanically inclined racers, mystery clicking, ProTour bike washing techniques and more
Fortunately the possible replacements, to appear alongside James Anderson and Stuart Broad , include man-mountain Chris Tremlett and increasingly pacy beanpole Steven Finn , whose bowling in similar conditions was one of the very few pluses of England's disastrous 5-0 one-day international thrashing in India in October. Pakistan Transformed for Test vs. England
Pollution can have disastrous effects on the delicately balanced ecosystem.
I remember November 5, 1953, when a tendency to clear up had rather a disastrous consequence.
If one were to have a voltage spike, the consequences could be disastrous.
Parsons, a good actress who has disastrously taken up directing in recent years, directed the whole silly adventure.
If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous.
When religion and politics become confused the result is disastrous for both. Times, Sunday Times
The prime minister remained personally popular despite his party's disastrous slide in the opinion polls.
He was not insured for either loss, and they follow the disastrous John Street Market fire last year which wiped out Mr Raper's stall.
He lied us into two hideously unfair tax cuts; he lied us into an unnecessary war with disastrous consequences; he lied us into the Patriot Act, eviscerating our freedoms.
After the disastrous tour of New Zealand, the media was castigating the team, we replied with a good World Cup campaign.
He succeeded in mating a cow with the menagerie's bison, but the ensuing pregnancy came to a disastrous end.
Macbeth lives as an exemplum of the perverted hero, because of Shakespeare's ability to give life to every stage of his disastrous career.
This can have disastrous consequences for growing horses who need calcium for bone formation.
A more astute board might have kept quiet and tucked a bit away for any disastrous weekend to come. Times, Sunday Times
It was the difference between a smooth transition to independence and a disastrous one. Times, Sunday Times
His father ran, if disastrously and abortively, for president almost four decades ago.
The Ipswich manager still has £6m unspent from the proceeds of selling Connor Wickham which, if invested with the same canniness he displayed at Wigan rather than his disastrous forays in the market at Derby, would make them credible promotion candidates. Championship: McClaren and Eriksson lead the upwardly mobile set | Rob Bagchi
The prime minister remained personally popular despite his party's disastrous slide in the opinion polls.
Anyway, there are so many more things that Michael Steele has said which are infinitely more offensive and while a public figure like Steele should be more sensitive than your average bear to racially tinged caricaturing, I think we need to take a deep breath and focus more on the disastrous policies he and his America-hating conservative enablers have in store for this country than any buffoonish slips of the tongue. Think Progress » Native-American GOP Congressman Calls Steele’s ‘Honest Injun’ Comments ‘Unacceptable’
Taking his father's advice, Titus makes some adjustments to the fuel mixture ratio with explosive and disastrous results!
All too often the most dyspeptic views of modern Scotland come from expatriate Scots who rarely choose to travel north of the Border, yet know beyond a peradventure that the country has gone disastrously downhill ever since they left.
Whether it was his disastrous first confession, the use of his hobby telescope to take in the bronzed Mrs. Selahowski sunbathing next door, the purloined swigs of sacramental wine, or, as he got older, the fumbled attempts to sneak contraband past his father and score with girls beneath his mother's vigilant radar, John was figuring out that the faith and fervor that came so effortlessly to his parents somehow had eluded him. The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan: Book summary
Within the Army and those around it, "Macho Jacko" is generally regarded as having been a disastrous CGS. Losing the plot
British politicians suffered a collective crisis of confidence after the disastrous attempt to turn lame ducks into national champions in the 1960s and 1970s. Times, Sunday Times
In a racing situation this means that the short tacking that might work for a very nimble monohull will probably be disastrous for a catamaran. Sailing Fundamentals
I cannot abide this woman who I reckon is nowhere near the politician her husband was and, indeed, is and who will be disastrous for the USA if they ever should make the mistake of allowing her to get her hands on the levers of power. A Poisonous Woman No Longer Able to Distinguish Truth From Lie
Eileen sets her sights on Mr Nail from the off but Gail, who sees a chance to put the disastrous romance with serial killer Richard Hillman behind her, soon finds a way to scupper her nemesis's chances.
I had an experience recently which could have ended disastrously. The Sun
This experiment in business self-government proved disastrous. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies
For the same disastrous policies are being inflicted on people here in Britain.
The model is said to be ignoring the concerns of those who feel she is rushing into another potentially disastrous marriage. The Sun
History, particularly the disastrous Italian legacy in Libya, has been a constant element in Gaddafi's speeches since he took power in a bloodless coup in 1969.
British politicians suffered a collective crisis of confidence after the disastrous attempt to turn lame ducks into national champions in the 1960s and 1970s. Times, Sunday Times
The leaders realized belatedly that the coup would be disastrous for everyone.
More than two years after his last album, and following a disastrous hard-drive crash last year, Mancunian indie-popster Jim Noir finally has 10 new tracks ready to go. Click to download: Amoeba Music online
We lurch from one disastrous deal to the next. Times, Sunday Times
Most ‘dailies’ I have known have been disastrous.
After two disastrous relegation seasons York will be looking to bring the glory days back to Clifton Park.
Britain's top policeman should have the power to appoint his own senior officers after disgraced commander Ali Dizaei was "disastrously" picked by politicians, a former head of Scotland Yard has claimed. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
The story tells of peasant girl who falls in love with a nobleman, and the disastrous consequences of that love.
Too often investors will let their emotions rule their investment decisions with disastrous results.
When we're talking about disastrous forest fires in the West, usually we're talking about low-lying, dry forests of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.
But the notion that Wall Street somehow has a monopoly on "disastrous chicanery" is laughable, as big corporate scandals from a few years ago -- Tyco, Adelphia, Enron, WorldCom -- make clear. Yvette Kantrow: Making it
The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule.
A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars.
Cause in Granada in 1983 as part of the Marine Recon force that was disastrous at that time as well. .... Heroes or Villains?
Worst of all is the disastrous family his daughter is about to marry into, a graceless mob of halfwits headed by a foul-mouthed virago.
I made a small speech thanking all and sundry for their efforts, before a disastrous attempt at telling a joke.
In 1945, one half of total agricultural production went to satisfy domestic demand; ten years later it was three fourths and Argentina's share of the international market suffered disastrously.
The first four years of government were completely disastrous.
He begins with a few ice bucket challenges that went horribly wrong before moving on to face plants, belly flops and disastrous land kayaking stunts. The Sun
If there is to be a winner, it could be the result of a calamitous error or disastrous lack of discipline.
Colds, flu or any ailment that diminishes vocal stamina and luster are potentially disastrous.
JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN SENIOR PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In his first public comments since General Petraeus announced and President Bush approved the new Iraq plan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said all the Joint Chefs and the U.S. central commander agree it's the best option to avoid what he called the disastrous consequences of an American failure in Iraq. CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007
She was in agony and had to be carried away on a stretcher to an ambulance after her ski jump went disastrously wrong. The Sun
Speed and haste often prove disastrous. Times, Sunday Times
Experts said that if the wind changed direction the results could be disastrous. Times, Sunday Times
In all, a disastrous start to a marketing concept clearly executed by greedy fools.
Jones had earlier had a disastrous morning, as he conceded 13 byes before he got down low enough to take the winning catch.
His original idea was good, but his execution of the scheme was disastrous.
His original idea was good, but his execution of the scheme was disastrous.
An investigation of the causes of the charring, a potentially disastrous situation, is under way.
And who was responsible for the sales re-organisation with the disastrous effects on Europe?
But it would be disastrous if the new regime came to be seen as helping the most unscrupulous employers to cheat the most vulnerable employees. Times, Sunday Times
Newspapers were risky as business enterprises, fledgling moneymakers, but, like most small businesses, it was the start-up costs that could prove to be disastrous.
The W3C has singled out "captchas" -- the pseudo-Turing-Tests intended to keep spammers form using automated tools to create freemail accounts in bulk -- as disastrous for the blind and other disabled users of the Internet, since they rely on sight and reading comprehension to work. Boing Boing: November 2, 2003 - November 8, 2003 Archives
It can have the same disastrous effect on a relationship as any affair. The Sun
But when Ellen tried to rescue her mind from mersion into this excess of beauty and to fix it on the small, warmly-coloured pattern of the domestic life within the room it was lost as completely and disastrously, so far as following its own ends went, in the not less excessive view of the spiritual world presented by this woman's face. The Judge
Taking pain killer is pretty disastrous for his intestinal system and he mostly uses topical applications. Pain Management In Mexico
Even if she did a disastrous DIY job, it would probably have looked cool and trendy.
Left-wingers, rather than jingoes, should be the ones least willing to forgive "Hanoi Jane"; although her characteristically vainglorious, self-dramatizing decision to publicly oppose the war was the most morally justified one of her life, her judgment of how to put it into practice was disastrous. Calamity Jane
A Royal Navy survey ship has been sent to investigate the epicentre of the underwater earthquake which created the disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
There are circumstances in which the incorrect diagnosis and inappropriate administration of a thrombolytic would be disastrous; for example, acute pericarditis.
The principal amount of all other debt is negotiable under the conditions of a world crisis as disastrous as the present one.
Crossing a pug with a Pekingese, for example, could produce disastrous consequences.
I made a small speech thanking all and sundry for their efforts, before a disastrous attempt at telling a joke.
That, though, was just a prelude to the disastrous events that have befallen the new school.
The story follows a group of railway maintenance workers who are forced to cut corners with disastrous results.
All this time I was slavishly imitating a TV character and she thought I was a fashion trendsetter (albeit a disastrously failed one).
TV and politics have always made inevitable bedfellows, but the results have been disastrous.
Already, he estimates the disastrous growing season has cost him thousands of pounds - and it's the same or worse for arable farmers and market gardeners in many parts of the country.
The Gunners had the most disastrous of starts, conceding a goal to the deadly dangerous John O'Brien inside a minute and going four points behind with just ninety seconds on the clock.
And what worked for a partnership proved disastrous in a publicly owned corporation.
She was unmarried still, and without boyfriend as far as he knew, remaining resolutely independent since a brief and disastrous live-in relationship in her early twenties.
And I'm sure they'll be as strident and demagogic as ever in warning us of the disastrous consequences of failure.
A minor operation on a hemophile may end in death; so slight an operation as drawing a tooth has been followed by the most disastrous consequences. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Indeed, the health consequences of the libertine life-style are, when compared with the consequences of smoking, truly disastrous.
The result is disastrous for all concerned. The Times Literary Supplement
Following that disastrous election when the best indicator that a person would vote Republican wasn't Party ID but whether they were a regular church attender, Democrats finally began investing in outreach and communication with America's faithful. Eric Sapp: Democrats Stung by Huge Losses With Faith Voters
Experts said that if the wind changed direction the results could be disastrous. Times, Sunday Times
As far as Paul was concerned, it had been two great weeks of long, free-associative talks and golf games and jogs and arterially disastrous man-meals, through much of which Elise slept peacefully on her pillow stuffed with rice. The Position
Convention said on Thursday in reaction to what it termed the disastrous black matric results. ANC Daily News Briefing
Suddenly, King looked not fashionably late to the party, but awkwardly, disastrously late, swinging gaily through the doors just as the caterers were starting to pack up the crockery.
The bill ensconces a disastrously wasteful system - or patchwork of systems - in law. Health Care Relief In 2013 Giving Dems Heartburn
And as models of normative desire, desire that he can never satisfy, they are equally disastrous.
Yes, it's true the football team is coming off what is, to put it as nicely as possible, a disastrous season.
A third question, incidentally, is the role of the Reno Justice Department, and Clinton Administration more broadly, in functionally encouraging these disastrous bureaucratic developments. Balkinization
If the two sides conflict with each other again, it will be disastrous for party unity.
Her investment had disastrous consequences: she lost everything she owned.
Printing on pure white cotton was disastrous.
The company is billions in debt and, thanks to financial engineering, has gone disastrously wrong. The Sun
The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule.
Wind hazard is the one which has the widespread influence in the nature disaster, and hurricane hazard is the most devastative and disastrous one.
The decision to take only four strikers backfired disastrously, and we bottled the penalty shoot-out.
I cringe every time I remember the disastrous valentine I sent him back in second grade, when I had a major crush on him.
Due to the intensive rainfall and high temperatures, disastrous weather such as thunder storms and cyclones are likely to occur.
Our motivations may be pure, but the results are just as disastrous.
Also a few special schoolfriends who in adoring my disastrous amateur poems at 16, helped me cherish them too. My Artist Dreams
He damaged his back in that tie to cap a disastrous year which also saw him suffer foot and knee problems.
The disastrous (former) boss of HMRC Dim Prawn 'Red' Dawn Primarolo has just been moved (sideways and downward) to a new job as Sec of State for Health in the jockish Junta. It's All Very Taxing...
With the U.S. military stretched thin from Somalia to the Philippines and tensions rising in Israel, Iran, and Korea, possible combinations for a disastrous military crisis abroad are multifold. Alfred W. McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025
Of course, the Japanese people also have had a disastrous experience with nuclear weapons -- not only in 1945, when the U.S. government destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, but in 1954, when a U.S. government H-bomb test showered a Japanese fishing boat, the Lucky Dragon, with deadly radioactive fallout, and a vast nuclear disarmament movement began. Lawrence Wittner: How Japan Learned About "Nuclear Safety"
A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars.
It's important to make quick decisions when new opportunities come your way, procrastination or delay may be disastrous today.
Time and time again, we are inches away from dumb-ass politicians making disastrous decisions.
To use a burning consciousness of one’s own misery, of the shackles that cut one’s own limbs, to quicken one’s sense of life in general, as Dickens did, to shape out of the murk which has surrounded one’s childhood some resplendent figure such as Micawber or Mrs. Gamp, is admirable: but to use personal suffering to rivet the reader’s sympathy and curiosity upon your private case is disastrous. The Common Reader, Second Series
It is the only way to explain such a disastrous performance by their defence on a night it needed to be strong and resolute. The Sun
They make an enjoyably louche double act, though the scene when they are beautified isn't disastrous enough. Times, Sunday Times
The failure to separate the egg shells from the live shrimp may prove disastrous.
Black was bitterly disappointed after a disastrous batting collapse threatened to ruin the old boys' Schweppes debut.
A more astute board might have kept quiet and tucked a bit away for any disastrous weekend to come. Times, Sunday Times
Any mistake by the locks could also prove environmentally disastrous.
If this was meant to take the heat off, it has backfired disastrously. The Sun
He put the closure of the heavy mill section, which makes piling, down to the "disastrous policies" of the previous board.
It was the difference between a smooth transition to independence and a disastrous one. Times, Sunday Times
And this provision has interacted disastrously with state political trends.
* Carter did not use the word malaise in his politically disastrous televised speech of July 15, 1979. The Great Experiment
Two goals in four disastrous minutes just about summed up a disorganised, disjointed first-half display. The Sun

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