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as in disastrous
bringing about ruin or misfortune
a ruinous miscalculation of the financial markets left them bankrupt
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as in devastating
causing or tending to cause destruction
a ruinous windstorm destroyed the crops
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But, as this segment of What’s Ahead goes into, Harris has a calamitous agenda, one of the most ruinous in U.S. history.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
His adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel stars Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey as the two showcase just how ruinous an addictive, life-altering love can be.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
In a previous era, his provocative ugliness would have been tethered to discussions of ruinous performative excess rather than evidentiary of the phenomenal force of the Cage Rage.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
But by propping up our ruinous system of animal agriculture, policymakers allow corporations to extract more than their fair share from taxpayers, while threatening public health and the climate and contaminating our air and water.
—Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
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Steve Forbes, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
His adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel stars Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey as the two showcase just how ruinous an addictive, life-altering love can be.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
In a previous era, his provocative ugliness would have been tethered to discussions of ruinous performative excess rather than evidentiary of the phenomenal force of the Cage Rage.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
But by propping up our ruinous system of animal agriculture, policymakers allow corporations to extract more than their fair share from taxpayers, while threatening public health and the climate and contaminating our air and water.
—Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Ruinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruinous. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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