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Synonyms
calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fatal, fateful, unfortunate
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That over-reliance proved ruinous during the financial crisis of 2008, almost crippling the company. — Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work, "Whatever happened to Six Sigma?," 3 Sep. 2019 Among other things, this protection allowed social media companies to flourish without worrying about each and every post bringing about some potential, ruinous lawsuit. — Matt Laslo, WIRED, "The Fight Over Section 230—and the Internet as We Know It," 13 Aug. 2019 More than eight years after Syria’s democratic rebellion broke out, there has been no resolution of this grim, ruinous war. — Brian Stewart, National Review, "For Sama: A Chronicle of the Syrian Tragedy," 10 Aug. 2019 Zidane won't care in the long term, but the failure to sell James and Bale is verging on ruinous. — SI.com, "Summer Disasterclass Opens Fissures Which Will See Zinedine Zidane Leave Real Madrid This Season," 30 July 2019 Perot was the first billionaire businessman to describe Washington as cesspool of dithering careerists who spent tax dollars foolishly and cut ruinous trade deals at the expense of blue collar workers, a theme that may sound familiar. — Major Garrett, CBS News, "Analysis: What's missing from the Ross Perot obituaries," 11 July 2019 In an open letter to The Vindicator’s readers last week, Mark A. Brown, general manager of the newspaper, explained the ruinous financial conditions that brought the paper to collapse. — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, "The watchdog of the Mahoning Valley is about to die: Phillip Morris," 3 July 2019 Or fiscal collapse in Italy may force the UK to help bail out foreign banks on a ruinous scale. — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, "No Exit," 10 Apr. 2019 Iraq declared victory over IS in late 2017 after a ruinous and bloody war. — Qassim Abdul-zahra, The Seattle Times, "Iraqi leader says there’s ‘consensus’ on US troops presence," 30 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ruinous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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