Thesaurus / ruinous
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At the same time, that new technology came with risks—it meant rulers could print lots of money, which sometimes led to ruinous inflation.
WHAT THE HISTORY OF MONEY SAYS ABOUT ITS FUTUREJACOB GOLDSTEINOCTOBER 15, 2021TIMEThe cost that MedStar would ask for, Turnage said, would be “ruinous” to CareFirst and AmeriHealth, and the city has not budgeted the money in its recently approved fiscal year 2022 budget to spend more on Medicaid.
D.C. MEDICAID PATIENTS COULD LOSE ACCESS TO DOCTORS AT MEDSTAR, THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM THAT MOST OFTEN TREATS D.C.’S POORJULIE WEILAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLast year’s ruinous fire season is already at risk of being outdone in 2021.
EMAILS REVEAL COPS FANNED FLAMES AS FBI DEBUNKED ANTIFA HOAXKELLY WEILLJULY 14, 2021THE DAILY BEASTNewspapers pulled reporters out of the South and quashed stories for fear of being slapped with potentially ruinous libel suits.
A MAJOR SUPREME COURT FIRST AMENDMENT DECISION COULD BE AT RISKSAMANTHA BARBASJULY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe law holds down insurance costs by shielding doctors from potentially ruinous malpractice awards for birth injuries like Justin’s, which require a lifetime of medical care.
“WE ARE NOT HERE OR FUNDED TO ‘PROMOTE THE BEST INTEREST’ OF THE CHILDREN,” WROTE THE HEAD OF A PROGRAM FOR BRAIN-DAMAGED INFANTSBY DANIEL CHANG AND CAROL MARBIN MILLER, MIAMI HERALDAPRIL 10, 2021PROPUBLICAThe accumulations of his father must have been considerable when he entered upon his ruinous speculations.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSOne of the strongest objections against the use of the "Indian novelty" was its ruinous cost at this period.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.They were anxious to know what might be done towards draining and relieving Holland from its ruinous state.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKLincoln Castle, much decayed and ruinous, is an appropriate feature of one of the public parks.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYThe castle, rude and ruinous, shows the work of many centuries, and was really a great fortress rather than a feudal residence.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYWORDS RELATED TO RUINOUS
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
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- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
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- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
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- moth-eaten
- neglected
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- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
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- ramshackle
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- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
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- scrubby
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- seedy
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- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
- bare
- bedraggled
- crummy
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
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