ruinous
adjective
- 1
Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
- 2
Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
“They were forced to completely replace the roof at ruinous expense.”
- 3
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
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