ruinously
- 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
For a poor country, just emerging from decades of Soviet rule, the idea of maintaining a ruinously expensive nuclear arsenal made little sense.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
An unexamined life may not be worth living, but an examined one can be ruinously expensive.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
A prying charm will be met with a stronger charm, subtle devices will fail, devious inquiries will be deviously thwarted, and force will be turned ruinously back upon itself.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
