calamitous

The effect of the policy on health coverage in Arkansas was calamitous.

The Dallas Cowboys have gone 12-5 the past three years before calamitous play-off endings just added to the enduring soap opera of 'America's Team' and their pursuit of the good old days.

Eroding the public’s confidence in state and federal authorities can prove as dangerous as high winds in a calamitous situation.

So, the stakes are high – as the Conservative Party approaches its biggest single moment yet since its calamitous election defeat in July.

Here, in their own voices, is a chronicle of a calamitous year.