catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“They catastrophically failed in this case, and they’re going to pay the price,” Claypool said of DCFS.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Streeting said in October 2025 a thorough "Nottingham-style" investigation was required to understand what had "gone so catastrophically wrong" at Leeds' two maternity units.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Her catastrophically timed and shockingly slow run in the event she usually owns dropped her two-woman U.S. team from first down to fourth place and straight off the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Technically accurate but catastrophically misleading about what you’re eating.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
Yet it is also true that the very same troubles that loom catastrophically large one day can seem like small potatoes the next, particularly if even worse troubles have popped up to take their place.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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