disastrous situation

collocation in English

meaningsofdisastrousandsituation

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disastrous
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzɑː.strəs/us
/dɪˈzæs.trəs/
extremely bad ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofdisastrousandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For five years social services had been trying to work to remedy adisastroussituation.
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He therefore had something to offer to those on both sides keen to pull back from what already had become adisastroussituation.
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That is something which, even in this most unfortunate anddisastroussituation, we must all most sincerely wish to avoid.
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That is adisastroussituationbecause we often ask ourselves why our development aid does not work.
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We have had this long series of agreements which has led, in the end, to an utterlydisastroussituation.
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This is thedisastroussituation, because we are working blind on this.
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That might give rise to a mostdisastroussituation.
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It would be adisastroussituationif after devaluation we had not gained an advantage of this kind.
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That is a means of bringing an end to adisastroussituationthat faces not only the steel industry but industry generally.
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If the weather turns bad on us again, however, we may well see adisastroussituation.
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One cannot suddenly plunge all the farming communities of a country, together with the rural communities, into adisastroussituation.
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Now, what can be done to retrieve the presentdisastroussituation?
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It has not been a totallydisastroussituationsince that time.
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That would be adisastroussituationto leave behind.
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This really is adisastroussituationfor a major airport.
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In any case, when we are told about thedisastroussituationthat now confronts us, is that due to the extra half hour?
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Why not have a nonparty approach to thisdisastroussituation?
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One would never have believed that it was under his guidance and stewardship that we reached this remarkablydisastroussituation.
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That merely turns what was adisastroussituationinto a debilitating one.
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He was trying to deflect attention from the responsibility of individuals, including himself, for adisastroussituation.
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