causing disaster

detrimental, devastating

causing, ending in, death

deadly, lethal

feeling, giving, promising, no hope of recovery, improvement etc

futile, pessimistic

threatening

menacing, foreboding

of tragedy; very sad or unfortunate

catastrophic, very bad

not having had the educational and social advantages enjoyed by more fortunate people

poor

unlucky; causing a person to feel sorry or bad

unlucky, bad

not lucky

unfortunate, doomed

not successful

failing