calamitous

Etymology

From French calamiteux. English calamity + -ous.

adj

  1. Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
    The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.
    For critics, foremost among them liberal intellectuals and human rights activists, Xi’s first term has proved calamitous. 14 Oct 2017, Tom Phillips, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Guardian

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