maikiroa
1. (modifier) disastrous, dreadful, ill-fated.
Kāore e kore i Waahi a Piupiu i te Hepetema o 1922, i te wā o tētehi whakamātatau maikiroa ki te hohou i te rongo i waenganui i ngā ngārahu tokorua nei (TTR 1996:253). / No doubt Piupiu was at Waahi in September 1922 at the time of a disastrous attempt at reconciliation between the two leaders.
2. (noun) disaster, misfortune.
Mō ngā Hoa Whenua, ko ngā whakahau i roto i a Kariki me Kariti he maikiroa (OTM 2016). / For the Allies, the campaigns in Greece and Crete were disasters.
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