calamitous

adj. calamitoso, catastrófico, desastroso, nefasto

adj.- calamitoso | desastroso | catastrófico | nefasto

Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

(adj.) = calamitoso, desastroso
Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.