disastrous course

collocation in English

meaningsofdisastrousandcourse

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disastrous
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzɑː.strəs/
us
/dɪˈzæs.trəs/
extremely bad ...
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course
noun
uk
/kɔːs/
us
/kɔːrs/
a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam ...
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(Definition ofdisastrousandcoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I sugggest that this is adisastrouscourseto pursue by this country or any other country into the indefinite future.
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It is adisastrouscoursewhich is poisoning our society.
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Surely that would be adisastrouscourseto suggest to people who wish to recruit.
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That would be adisastrouscoursefor our country.
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On the contrary, it would have been adisastrouscourseof action to take.
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Indeed, from the long-term point of view that could be adisastrouscourse.
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He is right to say that we are on adisastrouscourse.
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Is not this adisastrouscourseto take?
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To try to rush forward with any definite plans which did not receive general support would be adisastrouscourse.
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The country is setting on a fairlydisastrouscourse.
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I should say it was a disastrous culmination of adisastrouscourseof action.
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We are asked to take the first step on thatdisastrouscourse.
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That is quite indisputable, though it would he adisastrouscourseto pursue, and it would be at great cost.
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They see thedisastrouscourseof manufacturing industry, but they just sit there like dummies, letting it all flow over their heads.
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It has always seemed to me the mostdisastrouscoursewe could follow.
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When they first embarked on thedisastrouscourseof action that we are discussing tonight, they began by suspending the regulations then in force.
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We think that is the better way to solve the whole problem, and not to take the mostdisastrouscourseagainst which we are now protesting.
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To have a major corporation, either public or private, which is estimated to be losing money at the rate of £23 per ton is adisastrouscourse.
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