disastrous

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The allies didn’t adequately prepare for multilayered obstacles involving mines in the water and guns on the shore, and were drawn into a disastrous ground campaign that resulted in 250,000 casualties.

From Barron's

The allies didn’t adequately prepare for multilayered obstacles involving mines in the water and guns on the shore, and were drawn into a disastrous ground campaign that resulted in 250,000 casualties.

From Barron's

Any later and the consequences could have been disastrous.

From BBC

“Two years ago, the triumph of the Watergate mentality might have become similarly disastrous if those who planned and executed it had not been almost wholly lacking in political finesse.”

From Salon

While MTV helped usher in the careers of a new wave of musicians, it proved disastrous for others, nobody more than Billy Squier.

From The Wall Street Journal