fateful

[ˈfeɪtfl] [ˈfeɪtfl]
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  • Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film — and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 — but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.
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  • Adjective
    1. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance;
    "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev"the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
    2. of ominous significance
    3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
    "the stock market crashed on Black Friday""a calamitous defeat""the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign""such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin"it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur"a fateful error"
    4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined;
    "a fatal series of events"