financial disaster

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialanddisaster

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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disaster
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈzɑː.stər/us
/dɪˈzæs.tɚ/
(an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or ...
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(Definition offinancialanddisasterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For a family in a poor country, disease is afinancialdisaster.
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If they made any such attempt it could only end, and that very soon, infinancialdisasterfor themselves.
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With the roads closed, the skiing industry facesfinancialdisaster.
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There is the risk of bankruptcy, offinancialdisaster, which is as great and as real as the risk of any other sort of disaster.
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Is she aware that that policy could spellfinancialdisaster, especially for small dairy farmers?
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Without more experienced officers, being made available immediately, the result will be afinancialdisaster, especially bearing in mind the enormous debts such boroughs carry.
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We all accept that this is probably the worst administrativefinancialdisasterthat has ever occurred, or certainly for many years.
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First, they have seen through thefinancialdisasterand mismanagement which culminated in devaluation of sterling.
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In high technology projects a delay of even a few months can turn a profitable project into afinancialdisaster.
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That would meanfinancialdisasterfor her personally, so the association finds itself unable to contest the appeal.
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In any event, it would require such a long buy-back period as to be afinancialdisaster.
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If it was made when soft fruit, such as strawberries, was ready for picking, it could bringfinancialdisasterfor the producer.
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It demonstrated real incompetence by taking a major stake in a major commercial television contract and turning it into afinancialdisaster.
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Has not that been a colossalfinancialdisasterfor this country?
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Families with a low-earning 18-year-old in the house will, in many cases, facefinancialdisaster.
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There was a material aggravation in the unemployment situation throughout the world as a result of thatfinancialdisasterto us.
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I believe they must look and take action before hardship and perhapsfinancialdisasterovertakes a major part of our industry.
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I am convinced that if we do not cut down in the most rigid manner nothing can save the country fromfinancialdisaster.
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The system was a social andfinancialdisaster.
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For too long a seagoing draft chit has meant to a sailor domestic difficulty andfinancialdisaster.
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