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’s been years that we’ve been warning management about the ruinous state of equipment and lack of adequate staffing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Starting over elsewhere becomes a financially ruinous proposition.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

The ruinous decade had scarred the city, as it had every other: poor boxes on the street, people living on railcars.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand