ruinous
adjective
bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous.
ruinously
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a word derived from
ruinous.
Example Sentences
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The “safe” track carries strict liability for any harm, which is cheap for a genuinely safe firm but ruinously expensive for a risky one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
He notes that the demands were so outlandish that submitting "would have been ruinously expensive and completely impractical."
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
Western Australia's premier Roger Cook called the event "ruinously expensive", saying "the Commonwealth games aren't what they used to be".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023
Would it have made a difference if I had known what was to slowly, ruinously become of my old neighborhood?
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
There were ruinously expensive candies called voulay drops, made by centaurs in the mountains of Antiok.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
