Meaning ruinous
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ruinous


late 14c., "going to ruin," from Old French ruinos (Modern French ruineux) or directly from Latin ruinosus "tumbling down, going to ruin," from ruina (see ruin (n.)). Meaning " [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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ruinous


(adj) extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin(adj) causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
Source: beedictionary.com

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ruinous


Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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