It's also a colossal failure of protecting the public health.
It was the most colossal failure in the history of the proving grounds!
But the measure was a colossal failure, losing the votes even of many Republicans.
But they are just as likely to be colossal failures.
Statistics, if they are the measure of success, would seem to indicate colossal failure.
"It's a record of both incredible accomplishment and colossal failure."
This colossal failure was caused in part by a lack of competition.
If that were true, it would mean the project you describe has been a colossal failure on its own terms.
By the early 1980's it was clear that his economic policies had been a colossal failure.
"And you need to save face with me because this operation was a colossal failure, wasn't it?"