Ruinous
adjective
Causing or likely to cause damage or destruction.
The house has been neglected and is now in a ruinous state.
Often appears as...
- ruinous state
- ruinous effects
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Disapproving
adjective
Having a very bad effect on health, happiness, and prosperity, especially because it costs too much money.
The ruinous cost of health care in this country is a major issue for many families.
Often appears as...
- ruinous cost
- ruinous expense
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Disapproving
adjective
Full of ruins; dilapidated.
After the bombardment, the city became a ruinous landscape.
Often appears as...
- ruinous landscape
- ruinous building
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing or likely to cause damage or destruction.
The house has been neglected and is now in a ruinous state.
Often appears as...
- ruinous state
- ruinous effects
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having a very bad effect on health, happiness, and prosperity, especially because it costs too much money.
The ruinous cost of health care in this country is a major issue for many families.
Often appears as...
- ruinous cost
- ruinous expense
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Full of ruins; dilapidated.
After the bombardment, the city became a ruinous landscape.
Often appears as...
- ruinous landscape
- ruinous building
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Consequence of Neglect
Used when something is damaged due to lack of care or maintenance over time.
His garden became ruinous after months of neglect.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Repair
Implies a state of damage so bad that it cannot be repaired or is not worth repairing.
The old mill is in a ruinous condition and must be torn down.
Pro Tip 3/3Outcome of Disaster
Refers to the aftermath of a disastrous event like a storm, war, or financial crisis.
A ruinous path was left in the tornado's wake.
Pro Tip 1/3Consequence of Neglect
Used when something is damaged due to lack of care or maintenance over time.
His garden became ruinous after months of neglect.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Repair
Implies a state of damage so bad that it cannot be repaired or is not worth repairing.
The old mill is in a ruinous condition and must be torn down.
Pro Tip 3/3Outcome of Disaster
Refers to the aftermath of a disastrous event like a storm, war, or financial crisis.
A ruinous path was left in the tornado's wake.
Pro Tip 1/3Consequence of Neglect
Used when something is damaged due to lack of care or maintenance over time.
His garden became ruinous after months of neglect.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Repair
Implies a state of damage so bad that it cannot be repaired or is not worth repairing.
The old mill is in a ruinous condition and must be torn down.
Pro Tip 3/3Outcome of Disaster
Refers to the aftermath of a disastrous event like a storm, war, or financial crisis.
A ruinous path was left in the tornado's wake.
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calamitouscatastrophicdamagedestructivedetrimentaldevastatedisastrousharmful
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then you have another peak, you have to freeze again and so forth. So you have this repeated process of freezing, which just does tremendous damage to the economy over time. I mean the upfront damage is huge, but then there's never space to recover from it, because of great deal of uncertainty and repeated applications of economically ruinous social distancing.
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The myth of Jason and...
Yet again, Jason had allowed the crew to be distracted, this time at a terrible cost. Ashamed at his conduct, he resolved to focus only on the Fleece, but even this haste proved ruinous.
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An ethical plan for...
then you have another peak, you have to freeze again and so forth. So you have this repeated process of freezing, which just does tremendous damage to the economy over time. I mean the upfront damage is huge, but then there's never space to recover from it, because of great deal of uncertainty and repeated applications of economically ruinous social distancing.
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The myth of Jason and...
Yet again, Jason had allowed the crew to be distracted, this time at a terrible cost. Ashamed at his conduct, he resolved to focus only on the Fleece, but even this haste proved ruinous.
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Baha'u'llah
Clergyman
We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it's almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.
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Betty Boothroyd
British Politician
Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our country, our economy, our society and our standing in the world - damage that will be worsened by the kind of ruinous no deal being pledged by some who aspire to become prime minister.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
It is the circuit of the great ruinous deed when the name of the seventh is that of the fifth; when the third, even greater, the warlike stranger will take Paris, nor will Provence save her.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
It is admitted on all sides that we must equalize the revenue and expenditures. The scheme of borrowing to make up an increasing deficit must, in the end, if continued, prove ruinous.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
Visiting gardens is bad for you. Not only does it encourage too much eating of cake but sets up all kinds of false notions that are ruinous to your garden back home.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
For me, the worst writing generally just 'flips' things: this person's really a traitor; it was all a dream; etc. Nothing is so ruinous as a forced 'twist,' I think.
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George Orwell
British Author
The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature.
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Prashant Bhushan
Indian Lawyer
It does not take much technical knowledge to understand why the interlinking of rivers is an absurd idea and a ruinous project.
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Baha'u'llah
Clergyman
We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it's almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.
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Betty Boothroyd
British Politician
Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our country, our economy, our society and our standing in the world - damage that will be worsened by the kind of ruinous no deal being pledged by some who aspire to become prime minister.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
It is the circuit of the great ruinous deed when the name of the seventh is that of the fifth; when the third, even greater, the warlike stranger will take Paris, nor will Provence save her.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
It is admitted on all sides that we must equalize the revenue and expenditures. The scheme of borrowing to make up an increasing deficit must, in the end, if continued, prove ruinous.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
Visiting gardens is bad for you. Not only does it encourage too much eating of cake but sets up all kinds of false notions that are ruinous to your garden back home.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
For me, the worst writing generally just 'flips' things: this person's really a traitor; it was all a dream; etc. Nothing is so ruinous as a forced 'twist,' I think.
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George Orwell
British Author
The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature.
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Prashant Bhushan
Indian Lawyer
It does not take much technical knowledge to understand why the interlinking of rivers is an absurd idea and a ruinous project.
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