ruinous
adjective
Origin of ruinous
Synonyms for ruinous
Related Words for ruinous
murderous, catastrophic, calamitous, hurtful, pernicious, harmful, cataclysmic, dire, deadly, fatal, damaging, crippling, baleful, baneful, deleterious, extravagant, fateful, immoderate, injurious, noxiousExamples from the Web for ruinous
Contemporary Examples of ruinous
When the mines closed, decades of labor and planning were destroyed after half a life of ruinous work.
Apart from anything else, protectionism would be ruinous to developing countries.
I believe that the future of liberalism—and much else—depends on our overcoming this ruinous self-deception.
One Night in Paris In another era, a sex tape would have been ruinous to any aspiring starlet.
He sees the adventure as ruinous, both in terms of fiscal and foreign policy.
Historical Examples of ruinous
This was effected, and the ruinous city was in the hands of the French.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward IICharlotte Mary Yonge
But the aims of states should be good, or else, like the prayer of Theseus, they may be ruinous to themselves.
LawsPlato
Truly it is not a ruinous service, Socrates (he answered)—far from it.
The SymposiumXenophon
Nothing is so ruinous; and just at the moment when you want them, they will not be forthcoming.
The SportsmanXenophon
This series was published in 1735, and the church was then in a ruinous condition.
Hampstead and MaryleboneGeraldine Edith Mitton