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adjectivebringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war. fallen into ruin; dilapidated: a ruinous house. consisting of ruins: a ruinous city from antiquity. Origin of ruinous1350–1400; Middle English ruynouse<Latin ruīnōsus, equivalent to ruīn(a) ruin + -ōsus-ous SYNONYMS FOR ruinous1 calamitous, ravaging, devastating, catastrophic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ruinous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM ruinousru·in·ous·ly, adverbru·in·ous·ness, nounnon·ru·in·ous, adjectivenon·ru·in·ous·ly, adverb non·ru·in·ous·ness, nounun·ru·in·ous, adjectiveun·ru·in·ous·ly, adverbun·ru·in·ous·ness, noun Words nearby ruinousRuhr, Ruhr Valley, ruin, ruinate, ruination, ruinous, Ruisdael, Rukeyser, Rukwa, RUL, rule Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ruinousWhen the mines closed, decades of labor and planning were destroyed after half a life of ruinous work. Thatcher's Economic Legacy|Megan McArdle|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Apart from anything else, protectionism would be ruinous to developing countries. The Big Idea: How Commerce Spreads Contagion|Mark Harrison|January 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST I believe that the future of liberalism—and much else—depends on our overcoming this ruinous self-deception. Sam Harris On the Freedom to Offend an Imaginary God|Sam Harris|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST One Night in Paris In another era, a sex tape would have been ruinous to any aspiring starlet. Paris Hilton: End of an Era?|Tricia Romano|August 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He sees the adventure as ruinous, both in terms of fiscal and foreign policy. The Texas Republican Who Hates Bush|Lloyd Grove|July 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST Below the fort, was a ruinous mill, in a gloomy dell, through which the river wended its silent course. An Englishman's Travels in America|John Benwell If any more, therefore, be asked than 1000, it would be the most ruinous thing in the world for him to accept of the office. Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2)|John Hill Burton Broken archways, once part of the Appian Way, are made into substructures for ragged, ruinous modern houses. A Tramp's Notebook|Morley Roberts For our bark there was no way but to return where the cargo came from, at a ruinous loss, too, of time and money. Voyage of the Liberdade|Captain Joshua Slocum A sword was drawn, and the first blood shed in a long and ruinous war. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15)|Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for ruinous
adjectivecausing, tending to cause, or characterized by ruin or destructiona ruinous course of action Derived forms of ruinousruinously, adverbruinousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ruinousmurderous, catastrophic, calamitous, hurtful, pernicious, harmful, cataclysmic, dire, deadly, fatal, damaging, crippling, baleful, baneful, deleterious, extravagant, fateful, immoderate, injurious, noxious |