ruinous (redirected from ruinousness)

ru·in·ous  (r-ns)

adj.

1. Causing or apt to cause ruin; destructive.

2. Falling to ruin; dilapidated or decayed.

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ruin·ous·ly adv.

ruin·ous·ness n.

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ruinous [ˈruːɪnəs]

adj

causing, tending to cause, or characterized by ruin or destruction a ruinous course of action

ruinously  adv

ruinousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ruinous - extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action" catastrophic harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
	2.	ruinous - causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war" blasting destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

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ruinous

adjective

1. extravagant, crippling, outrageous, inflated, wasteful, extortionate, excessively high, immoderate the ruinous costs of the legal system

2. destructive, devastating, shattering, fatal, deadly, disastrous, dire, withering, catastrophic, murderous, pernicious, noxious, calamitous, baleful, deleterious, injurious, baneful (archaic) the ruinous effects of the conflict

3. ruined, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, dilapidated, in ruins, decrepit, tumbledown They passed by the ruinous building.

Translations

ruinous [ˈruːɪnəs] ADJ → ruinoso

ruinous [ˈruːɪnəs] adj → ruineux/euse

ruinous

adj (financially) → ruinös; price → extrem; to be in a ruinous state or in ruinous condition (building) → verfallen or baufällig sein

ruinous [ˈruːɪnəs] adj (expensive) → costoso/a