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Synonyms of ruinous in English:

ruinous


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adjective

1‘the spectre of a ruinous trade war loomed’

SYNONYMS
disastrous, devastating, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic, crippling, crushing, dire, injurious, damaging, destructive, harmful
costly
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beneficial

2‘lending money at ruinous interest rates’

SYNONYMS
extortionate, exorbitant, excessively high, sky-high, outrageous, inflated, more than can be afforded
British over the odds
informal criminal, steep

3‘a little to the west of the house is an old, ruinous chapel’

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derelict, in ruins, ruined, gone to rack and ruin, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating
neglected, uncared-for
informal shambly
North American informal shacky
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intact, well maintained