a disaster area

1. if a place is a disaster area, it is very untidy

Usage notes: A disaster area is also a place where an event like a storm or a flood causes serious damage and the government gives help for the emergency.

The kitchen was a disaster area, with greasy plates piled high in the sink.

2. if a subject, a piece of work, or an organization is a disaster area, it causes many problems, often because it is badly organized Government housing policy is a complete disaster area.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Agnessa	ahg-NYE-sah	Russian
Deep	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi
Thane	THAYN	English (Rare)
Rodolph	-	English (Rare), French (Rare)
Haukea	-	Hawaiian
Larisa	lah-REE-sah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Latvian, Greek Mythology