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BNC: 32962 COCA: 25173

calamitous

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
calamitous /kəˈlæmətəs/ adjective
calamitous
/kəˈlæmətəs/
adjective
Learner's definition of CALAMITOUS
[more calamitous; most calamitous] formal
: causing great harm or suffering : disastrous引起灾祸的,灾难性的
BNC: 32962 COCA: 25173

calamitous

adjective

ca·​lam·​i·​tous kə-ˈla-mə-təs How to pronounce calamitous (audio)
: being, causing, or accompanied by calamity
calamitous events
a calamitous earthquake
calamitously adverb

Example Sentences

the calamitous state of the nation's economy a calamitous decision to sell their products online exclusively ruined the business
Recent Examples on the Web American troops stayed in the country for the next two decades before the calamitous withdrawal in August 2021. Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 The combination of a skeletal workforce and a low worker recall rate proved calamitous. WIRED, 1 Sep. 2022 On Monday, parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex awoke to torrential downpours that dropped totals of 10 to 16 inches, bringing calamitous impacts and prompting widespread water rescues. Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022 Deadly heat waves, calamitous floods and catastrophic wildfires fueled by climate change have taken their toll here. Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 Pharmaceutical companies and government officials failed to ensure that pregnant people were included in the early development of the COVID-19 vaccine, a calamitous decision made amid the urgency of a rapidly spreading pandemic. Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2022 Most of these Americans were in their 30s or 40s—the generation that came of age with the 9/11 wars, now reaching a calamitous end. George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022 Lee Bond, Singing River’s chief executive, said the current surge was simply exacerbating a calamitous labor shortage that state hospital leaders and public health officials say will persist long after Omicron fades. New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022 In lofty language, the President tried to redirect the world’s focus away from the calamitous end to America’s longest war, in Afghanistan, and a recent bust-up with its most longstanding ally, France. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

see calamity

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of calamitous was in 1545
BNC: 32962 COCA: 25173

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