ruinous

Example Sentences

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That’s how fast it is supposed to be able to grow without stoking ruinous inflation.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

Blair Kinghorn was a surprise exclusion from the 23 but the Toulouse full-back is the embodiment of the gambler's instinct that's magnificent when it works and utterly ruinous when it doesn't.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

It seemed, this time, he wasn’t going to back down from his own ruinous demands.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

Eventually, though, relations settled down as ride-hailing companies stopped pouring money into a ruinous price war and black cabs improved their service by adopting card machines and smoother-running electric vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Between them and the smoking mountain, and about it north and south, all seemed ruinous and dead, a desert burned and choked.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien