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disastrously

  • a word derived from disastrous.
    disastrous
    adjective
    causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous.

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The Mets responded with more big spending this past offseason, and it has gone disastrously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Islamic republic has weathered previous blistering attacks -- by Iraq in the 1980s and Israel last June -- and a 1980 US helicopter mission to free hostages ended disastrously.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

There again, it misses some other periods, such as the 1970s and parts of the 1980s, when U.S. stocks disastrously underperformed international stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

"I feel that we are disastrously losing this game. And I think it's going to get worse," David added gloomily.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025

A dam across the Missouri River in Nebraska silted up so disastrously that a noisome ooze began to pour into the town of Niobrara, eventually forcing its permanent abandonment.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson