disaster area 
noun
1An area in which a major disaster has recently occurred: the vicinity of the explosion was declared a disaster area...
- The area was declared a national disaster area, which released state funds.
- Simply, the Guard has old, beat-up equipment, and this seriously impedes the Guard's ability to accomplish its mission - whether on the battlefield or in a disaster area.
- At major airports a multi agency response was put in place for people returning from the disaster area.
1.1 informal A thing that is regarded as chaotic or highly unsuccessful: football has long been a disaster area for investors...
- So far, I've noticed that I have terrible posture, a horrible extra chin, and a room that is a disaster area.
- The situation in south Florida, ‘a drug disaster area,’ was out of control and about to get even worse.
- His room was a disaster area filled with hard rock posters, the biggest hidden stash of porn I've ever seen, and undecipherable floor stains.
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