black (s)
calamitous (s)
disastrous (s)
fatal (s)
fateful (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
def bringing ruin
examples the stock market crashed on Black Friday
a calamitous defeat
the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory Charles Darwin
it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it Douglas MacArthur
a fateful error
Outgoing links
Similar to unfortunate
Derivationally related form disastrous → disaster
Derivationally related form calamitous → calamity
Incoming links
Similar to unfortunate
Derived from adjective disastrously → disastrous
Derivationally related form disaster → disastrous
Derivationally related form calamity → calamitous

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