1. Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
   "a ruinous course of action"
   - catastrophic 
2. Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
   "a ruinous war"
   - blasting

See also: destructive, harmful, ruin, ruinously

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