Ruinous synonyms

ro͝o'ə-nəs

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unfortunate
Regrettable; deplorable:
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pernicious
Causing great injury, destruction, or ruin; fatal; deadly
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calamitous
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
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disastrous
The definition of disastrous is something that is very harmful or damaging.
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suicidal
Rash to the point of being very dangerous
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rash
(Obs.) Bringing quick results
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speculative
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.
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fatal
(Computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
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impoverishing
Leading to bankruptcy
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pauperizing
Leading to bankruptcy
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exhausting
Very tiring.
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draining
That drains
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depleting
Leading to bankruptcy
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bringing to want
Leading to bankruptcy
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reducing to penury
Leading to bankruptcy
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destructive (related)
Tending or likely to cause destruction
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harmful (related)
Causing or able to cause harm; hurtful
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adverse
Unfavorable; harmful
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catastrophic
Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
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damaging
Harmful; injurious; causing damage.
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devastating
Causing devastation
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dire
Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
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shattering
Destructive
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beneficial (antonym)
The definition of beneficial is something that has a positive effect or achieves a good result.
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advantageous (antonym)
Affording advantage; favorable or beneficial.
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helpful (antonym)
The definition of helpful is someone or something that is useful, that provides assistance or aid, or that is prone to providing aid.
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assisting (antonym)
disastrous, devastating
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cataclysmic
Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
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fateful
(Archaic) Revealing what is to come; prophetic
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dilapidated
Falling to pieces or into disrepair; broken down; shabby and neglected
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ramshackle
Loose and rickety; likely to fall to pieces; shaky
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rundown
Dirty and dilapidated:
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help (related)
Causing ruin or destruction
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better (related)
Healthier or more fit than before:
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blasting
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
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delapidated (related)
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in ruins (related)
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deplorable (related)
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Ruinous Sentence Examples

  • The results were ruinous to France.

  • It was finally destroyed by Glendower, was a "ruinous building" when seen by Leland (1536) and has since wholly disappeared.

  • Under these circumstances the narrowing of the band is paid for at a ruinous price, and the arrangement must be condemned altogether.

  • Briihl must therefore be held wholly responsible for the ruinous policy which destroyed the position of Saxony in Germany between 1733 and 1763; for the mistaken ambition which led Frederick Augustus II.

  • The ancient chapel adjoining, also ruinous, was a burial-place of the Murrays.

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