Half the city was destroyed by a disastrous fire. The bad weather could have a disastrous effect on the area's tourism industry. His failure to back up the computer files had disastrous consequences. The strike was economically disastrous.
How do you use disastrous in a sentence?
If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous.
- A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars.
- We had a disastrous camping holiday.
- Climate change could have disastrous effects on Earth.
- After the disastrous collapse accident the bodies were too badly mangled to be recognized.
When can you say that something is disastrous?
Something that is disastrous has extremely bad consequences and effects or is very unsuccessful.
