The phrase "a potentially disastrous effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the possible negative consequences of an action, decision, or event.
Example: "The new policy could have a potentially disastrous effect on employee morale and productivity."
Alternatives: "a possibly harmful impact" or "a likely detrimental outcome".
Such a move would have a potentially disastrous effect on Republican hopes of winning back the White House.
The new study, however, warns of "a potentially disastrous effect of removing pigs while eagles remain". The eagles, deprived of piglets as food, could begin preying on foxes even more vigorously, the scientists say.
With that, the Mets avoided a potentially disastrous outcome.
I look forward to discussing with Hunt the potentially disastrous effect that the US philanthropic funding culture could have on the UK, severely reducing opportunities for playwrights to be produced.
We need to be clear: there is no guarantee whatsoever that the present settlement will bring about the necessary cuts in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases which are causing the atmosphere to warm, with potentially disastrous effect.
This deficiency is exacerbated by establishing intergovernmental treaties outside of the ordinary Lisbon procedure in order to deal with the Eurozone crisis.2 I cannot deal with the potentially disastrous effect on EU's 'constitution' here, but see [7], chapter 1 and 6.
To reduce the potential for an outlier to have potentially disastrous effects on the training of the SVM, while still maintaining a relatively small gallery size and dealing with the limited number of views in the FERET protocol, we used three gallery images per subject.
In a rare televised address, the socialist leader said it was the duty of Greeks to help extract their homeland from an economic morass that has seen its debt balloon to a staggering €300bn (£262bn), with potentially disastrous effects for the eurozone.
A fuller appreciation of the potentially disastrous effects of these cuts is gained by examining their possible impact at the local level.
For over a year, the tribe has been waged in a legal battle against the DAPL, which crosses under Lake Oahe, the tribe's main water supply, arguing that an oil spill could have potentially disastrous effects on the community.
But opinion began to shift over the past month as the potentially disastrous effects of a ban finally seemed to sink in among those pushing for it.The European Commission had threatened to suspend Turkey's accession talks had AK been shut down.
