Definition of Ruinous

causing ruin; destructive

Examples of Ruinous in a sentence

The ruinous policies of our principal caused many of the students to leave the school.  🔊

Bob was warned that gambling is a ruinous waste of money, but he considered such worries to be foolish.  🔊

Many homes did not withstand the earthquake, due to ruinous methods of construction.  🔊

My history teacher claims that the effects of World War II were so ruinous that Europe never fully recovered.  🔊

Accumulation of debt leads one along a ruinous path toward financial and physical destruction.  🔊

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