ruinous

The two countries have continued talks to try and strike a deal and avert ruinous tariffs and a trade war.

These floods are ruinous to many families in a country where more than 40% of people live below the poverty line.

The stress, financial cost, reputational damage and years spent on the defensive are ruinous.

Agree new trading terms with the US by then, they'd been warned – or face potentially ruinous tariffs.

But the administration apparently wanted the Republican Congress to share responsibility for the ruinous decision — and they were eager to do so.