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ruinous

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adjective

  • Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
  • Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.

    "They were forced to completely replace the roof at ruinous expense."

  • Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

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