disastrous decision

collocation in English

meaningsofdisastrousanddecision

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disastrous
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzɑː.strəs/us
/dɪˈzæs.trəs/
extremely bad ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofdisastrousanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But why is it that it is such a wrong anddisastrousdecision?
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I cannot for a single second see any reason or justification for those five judges making such adisastrousdecision.
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What is the explanation for thatdisastrousdecision?
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In an already under-staffed and over-burdened service this also was adisastrousdecision, and it was bound in its turn to affect patients.
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We said at the time that it was adisastrousdecision.
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But that does not mean to say that they will not in the end be proven to have made adisastrousdecision.
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You said that the minutes of thatdisastrousdecisionare being published today.
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The cut in overseas broadcasting was anotherdisastrousdecision.
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He referred to thedisastrousdecisionin 1925.
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It was adisastrousdecisionwhen we joined it and a very sensible one when we left it.
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I believe, however, that it would have been adisastrousdecisionin the long term for the region and for the national economy.
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I hope that thatdisastrousdecisionwill be taken no further.
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If the number went down to 26, we would be almost halving the parish council representation and that would be adisastrousdecision.
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How can he glory in being the originator of such adisastrousdecision?
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Thedisastrousdecisionnot to grant them the 1939–45 medal is having a marked effect.
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It is adisastrousdecisionto deal with it in this way.
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After an initialdisastrousdecisionto abolish the theatre museum, he changed his mind and it has been reinstated.
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Once they had reached the decision to buy off the shelf, thisdisastrousdecisionwas inevitable.
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I shall describe the events that led to thatdisastrousdecisionbeing made and make clear what a serious blow it is to my constituency.
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I am pleased that thatdisastrousdecisionhas been partially reversed in recent years but the effects live on in the clogged streets and trunk roads.
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