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What (who) is ruinous - definition
ruinous
a.
1.
Decayed, dilapidated, demolished.
2.
Destructive, pernicious, baneful, noxious, noisome, calamitous, wasteful, mischievous.
ruinous
1.
If you describe the cost of something as ruinous, you mean that it costs far more money than you can afford or than is reasonable.
Many Britons will still fear the potentially ruinous costs of their legal system.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• ruinously
...a ruinously expensive court case.
ADV: ADV adj
2.
A ruinous process or course of action is one that is likely to lead to ruin.
The economy of the state is experiencing the ruinous effects of the conflict.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• ruinously
...cities ruinously choked by uncontrolled traffic.
ADV: usu ADV -ed
Ruinous
·adj Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
II. Ruinous ·adj Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
III. Ruinous ·adj Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Examples of use of ruinous
1. "That would be logistically impossible and economically ruinous.
2. Groping for a way to understand the ruinous mess in the Middle East, I find myself looking backward to an earlier ruinous mess, the Yom Kippur War of October 1'73.
3. Tax credits to poor families are overpaid for two years running, leaving many facing ruinous repayments.
4. Protection from ruinous and predatory lawsuits, in exchange for a simple code of behavior.
5. But individual rationality often pushes us toward solutions that are collectively ruinous.