catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In Harrogate, another family is also coping with the fall-out from a clinical decision at the trust that seems to have gone catastrophically wrong.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
That combination is most plausible if oil prices stay elevated, but not catastrophically so.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
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
But because he lacks one very basic ability—the ability to mind-read—he can be presented with that scene in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and come to a conclusion that is socially completely and catastrophically wrong.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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