catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Her catastrophically timed and shockingly slow run in the event she usually owns dropped her two-woman U.S. team from first down to fourth place and straight off the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
The Swiss want to know why their beloved devolved system, which many, perhaps complacently, believed to be near perfect, went so catastrophically wrong.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
The goal: Packing more apartments into California’s major cities where reasonably affordable housing has long been in catastrophically short supply.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025
Technically accurate but catastrophically misleading about what you’re eating.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
Could that explain why sometimes otherwise normal people come to conclusions that are completely and catastrophically wrong?
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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