disasterous vs disastrous :

disasterous or disastrous

“Disastrous” has only three syllables, and is pronounced diz-ASS-truss. Because of its relationship to the word “disaster” many people insert an extra second syllable when speaking the word aloud, or even when writing it, resulting in “disasterous.” Not a disastrous error, but it can be an embarrassing one.

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Definitions
  disastrous
  • s  (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
    the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
News & Articles
  disasterous
  • Fox Starts U.S. Open At +4, Donald Leads Shortened First Round
           CHATTANOOGA (WDEF)-- Departing Chattanooga Mocs senior Steven Fox struggled to a four over par front nine before darkness halted his first round at the U.S. Open.        Fox started strong with a birdie on the first hole, that put him briefly on the leader board. A bogey on the second and a disasterous double bogey on four quickly put him in a big hole after the front nine.        Luke ...
    June 14, 2013 - WDEF Chattanooga
  disastrous
  • Cedar Rapids commemorates five-year mark of disastrous flood crest
    A few hundred people on Thursday morning gathered on May’s Island in the middle of the Cedar River here to commemorate the city’s historic flood of 2008, with a firefighter clanging a bell five times at 10:15 a.m. to mark the moment of the five-year anniversary of the flood’s disastrous crest. In keynote remarks, Mayor [...]
    June 14, 2013 - The Gazette
  • Where Manufacturing Is on the Rebound
    If the Great Recession was disastrous for many sectors of the American economy, it was widely seen as the death knell for manufacturing. But a cutting-edge aluminum plant in the heartland is evidence that American factories were given their last rites prematurely. Alcoa’s Davenport Works plant in Iowa—which makes high-tech aluminum alloys—has added 600 jobs since the height of the recession and ...
    June 13, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
  • Game thread, Mariners vs. Astros, June 12
    ASTROS NINTH: Disastrous inning as Astros scored six, send 12 men to plate. Five of them charged to Wilhelmsen. No time to go into details, but it was as bad as it sounds. 6-1 Astros MARINERS EIGHTH: Two-out RBI single by Nick Franklin to right scores Endy Chavez from second. Wilhelmsen coming in to
    June 13, 2013 - Seattle Times