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  1. adjective. us / dɪˈzæs·trəs / Add to word list. causing great harm, damage, or suffering: It was a disastrous mistake which he lived to regret. In 1837, there was a disastrous smallpox epidemic. fig. Something that is disastrous is a complete failure: His attempt to play the piano was disastrous.

  2. in a way that causes or constitutes a disaster. the disastrously high level of unemployment. One of the worst problems facing them is a disastrously high infant mortality rate. The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule. the company's disastrously timed venture into property development.

  3. If you describe something as disastrous, you mean that it was very unsuccessful. England's cricketers have had another disastrous day. ...their disastrous performance in the general election of 1906.

  4. DISASTROUSLY definition: 1. in a way that is disastrous (= extremely bad or unsuccessful): 2. in a way that is disastrous…. Learn more.

  5. causing great harm, damage, or suffering: It was a disastrous mistake which he lived to regret. In 1837, there was a disastrous smallpox epidemic. fig. Something that is disastrous is a complete failure: His attempt to play the piano was disastrous.

  6. Definition of disastrously adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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  8. Disastrously is an adverb that means in a way that causes great damage, harm, distress or failure. It refers to an event, action, or outcome that has catastrophic or highly unfortunate consequences.

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