desastroso
appalling ; calamitous ; disastrous ; ruinous ; abysmal ; shambolic ; catastrophic.
His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.
Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal.
Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
Naturally changes stemming from these actions will affect all users of LC cataloging data, but it seems unlikely that the consequences will be catastrophic.
de forma desastrosa
disastrously
I love movies like that - where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
de modo desastroso
disastrously
I love movies like that - where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
efecto desastroso
chilling effect
Controlling online costs need not have a chilling effect on legal research.
ser desastroso
spell + bad news
be a (complete) shambles
be (in) a (real) mess
An economic downturn wil spell bad news for publishers that have invested heavily in this strategy.
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
