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Ruinous   /rˈuənəs/   Listen
adjective
Ruinous  adj.  
1.
Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. "After a night of storm so ruinous."
2.
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
3.
Composed of, or consisting in, ruins. "Behold, Damascus... shall be a ruinous heap."
Synonyms: Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious; destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.





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"Ruinous" Quotes from Famous Books



... been even in his family a very social man. Jokes and songs and daffing of all kinds were alien to his nature. Yet his grave and pleasant smile had been a familiar thing, and gentle words had always hitherto come readily to his lips. But after his ruinous loss, he seldom spoke unless it was to his mother. Christina he noticed not, either by word or look, and the poor girl was broken-hearted under this silent accusation. For she felt that Andrew doubted both her and Jamie, and though she was indignant ...
— A Knight of the Nets • Amelia E. Barr
... was no whit intimidated by the news that Mrs. Reade sowed abroad. The women exclaimed and chattered, the men gaped and shook their heads, the children hung about the ruinous gate that shut them out from the twenty-yard strip of garden which led up to Stott's cottage. Curiosity was the dominant emotion. Any excuse was good enough to make friendly overtures, but the baby ...
— The Wonder • J. D. Beresford
... the nursery and fashionable boarding school. Under its influence, mothers will not trust the souls of their children to the guardianship of irreligious nurses, nor expose them to the perils of a corrupted and heartless fashion. They will deny themselves the ruinous pleasures of a gay and reckless association with the world; and with maternal solicitude, attend upon the opening of those buds of life which God has committed to them. The pious mother will wield her power over her children, by the force of this sympathy; for her's is the deepest, purest, ...
— The Christian Home • Samuel Philips
... compulsory education. No one can vote who cannot read and write. We believe that one man's ignorance should not countervail the just influence of another man's intelligence. Ignorance is not only ruinous to the individual, but destructive to society. It is an epidemic ...
— Caesar's Column • Ignatius Donnelly
... These are the five besetting sins of a general, ruinous to the conduct of war. 14. When an army is overthrown and its leader slain, the cause will surely be found among these five dangerous faults. Let them be a ...
— The Art of War • Sun Tzu


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