"disastrous" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

disastrous adjetivo

disastrous + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 97
disastrous result • disastrous consequence • disastrous effect • disastrous fire • disastrous season • disastrous defeat • disastrous Battle • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 24
(7) start, debut, opening
Kolokacji: 3
(8) flood, flooding
Kolokacji: 2
(10) mistake, miscalculation, error
Kolokacji: 3
(11) decision, move, election
Kolokacji: 3
(13) performance, showing, premiere
Kolokacji: 3
(14) invasion, raid, foray
Kolokacji: 3
(15) earthquake, storm, hurricane
Kolokacji: 3
(17) encounter, confrontation
Kolokacji: 2
(18) outing, expedition, voyage
Kolokacji: 3
(19) meeting, visit
Kolokacji: 2
(20) investment, tenure
Kolokacji: 2
(21) acquisition, return
Kolokacji: 2
  • Mr. Wendt was brought in from General Electric to redeem Conseco last June after a disastrous acquisition made by the previous management had practically leveled the company.
  • But BMW is still reeling from its last catastrophe in Britain, the disastrous acquisition of Rover Cars.
  • An outspoken champion of "shareholder value," he boldly reversed a series of disastrous acquisitions by his predecessor, Edzard Reuter.
  • The immediate causes are many: A disastrous acquisition drains cash reserves and defocuses management; a crucial technology trend is ignored; attempts to diversify beyond the initial product line stall.
  • Under Mr. Milberg, BMW sold Rover, the money-losing British carmaker, shedding a disastrous acquisition.
  • A1 Quaker Oats to Sell Snapple Quaker Oats closed the books on its disastrous acquisition of the Snapple drink business.
  • Heron was weakened by its disastrous 1980 acquisition of Pima Savings, a savings and loan association in Tucson, Ariz.
  • The deal-making culminated with the disastrous 1989 acquisition of Consolidated-Bathhurst Inc., a troubled Canadian newsprint company, just before a worldwide plunge in newsprint prices.
  • Thai admits it was his impatience to compete with Top Glove that led to a disastrous acquisition of a competitor, APLI, in 2005.
  • The purchase by Mattel was later called one of the most disastrous acquisitions in history.
2. disastrous return = fatalny powrót disastrous return
(22) landing, proportion
Kolokacji: 2
(23) fall, drop, spill
Kolokacji: 3
(24) news, series
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + disastrous
Kolokacji: 3
prove disastrous • leave disastrous • turn disastrous
adverbio + disastrous
Kolokacji: 11
potentially disastrous • most disastrous • particularly disastrous • financially disastrous • politically disastrous • ...
disastrous + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
disastrous for • disastrous to • disastrous in

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