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# disastrous

adjective (disastrous, more disastrous, most disastrous)

«disastrous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Very bad, causing great harm, loss or ruin, as a flood or a fire does. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disastrous/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a disastrous flood destroys towns and villages; in lessons a failed plan or a bad storm can be called disastrous

### Examples

- The flood was disastrous for the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disastrous/#x1)
- The party was a disastrous mess after the cake fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disastrous/#x2)
- A disastrous storm blew down all the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disastrous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disastrous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disastrous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disastrous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disastrous.html) on Mova free.