Disastrous
Disastrous adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Losing and disastrous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Losing" instead an adjective "Disastrous".
Nearby Word: disaster
Losing
Disastrous and losing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disastrous" instead an adjective "Losing".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Losing their only way off the Death World feels pretty disastrous early on; then it turns out to have been, at best, a prologue to the shit that is actually about to go down.
Source: Literature / Horus Heresy - After losing his lucky coin, Kyle has a disastrous basketball game, which his parents watch.
Source: Film / The Luck of the Irish -
Famous for losing the Battle of Adrianople, the most disastrous defeat in Rome's history, and getting himself killed.
Source: Useful Notes / The Roman Empire
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