{
    "term": "disastrous",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very bad, harmful or unsuccessful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a disastrous harvest/fire/result"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a disastrous start to the season for the team."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This could have equally disastrous consequences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The church was rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The war ended in 1815 but was followed by a series of disastrous harvests."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "catastrophic, devastating",
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "become"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "quite"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɑːstrəs/",
                "audio": "di/disastrous/disastrous__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzæstrəs/",
                "audio": "di/disastrous/disastrous__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘ill-fated’): from French désastreux, from Italian disastroso, from disastro ‘disaster’."
}