Definitions for ruinous
ˈru ə nəsru·inous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catastrophic, ruinousadjective

   extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

   "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

2. blasting, ruinousadjective

   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"

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1. ruinousadjective

   Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous

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1. ruinous

   Ruinous refers to something that causes or may cause serious harm, damage, destruction, or great financial loss. It is often used to describe actions, decisions, or factors that lead to devastation, downfall, or collapse. For instance, it could refer to a ruinous war, action, policy, habit, or faulty structure.

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1. Ruinousadjective

   causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project

2. Ruinousadjective

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

3. Ruinousadjective

   composed of, or consisting in, ruins

Anagrams for ruinous »

1. urinous

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruinous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ruinous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of ruinous in a Sentence

1. Francis Collins:

   We in this country have somehowgotten all fractured into ahyperpolarized politicizedview that never should havebeen mixed with publichealth, it has been ruinous andhistory will judge harshlythose people who havecontinued to defocus theeffort and focus onconspiracies and things thatare demonstrably false. Shameon all us that we’ve gotten intothis kind of pickle.

2. Jamie Lynn:

   He spent most of my life in that cycle of ruinous behavior. His bouts of drinking always causing periods of torment and sorrow.

3. Steve Vladeck:

   Even for those providers who are confident that what they're doing is within the letter of the law, they face the specter of potentially ruinous litigation. They can't stop it. They can't avoid it. They can't pre-empt it.

4. Mike Lee:

   Religious Americans will be subject to potentially ruinous litigation, while the tax-exempt status of certain charitable organizations, education institutions and nonprofits will be threatened.

5. Stephen Vladeck:

   They're gon na lose even though they win, and that's the chilling effect, they face this specter of potentially endless ruinous litigation that it just can't stop. They can't avoid ; they can't preempt.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ruinous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ruinous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ruinous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruinous