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See US English definition of ruinous
See UK English definition of ruinous
See Spanish definition of ruinoso
1‘the spectre of a ruinous trade war loomed’
beneficial
2‘lending money at ruinous interest rates’
3‘a little to the west of the house is an old, ruinous chapel’
intact, well maintained