ruinous

The building, however, was old and in a ruinous state.

It would mean the ruinous end of all I had known.

Your presence could be ruinous at a time like this.

These are all tiny things, not ruinous by any means, but they add up.

Of course, the prom does not have to be ruinous.

For a long time I stood there looking out over the ruinous buildings.

We know that it will be ruinous to make delay.

Before long, however, this sort of deception may be ruinous.

At that point the chances of a ruinous civil war would become very great.

The ruinous remains of the place fell into his hands on 22 September 1604.

By 1650 the castle was said to be "very ruinous".

He stared into the ruinous mess of the other's face.

I want to declare yet again that this road is ruinous and will only lead to a dead end.

For a woman who goes to bed at 1 in the afternoon, a lot of noise would be ruinous.

A survey of 1715 reported the castle to be ruinous once more.

It long ago became ruinous, and there are no visible remains.

This started a long period of decline for the house, which eventually became ruinous.

But even figures like that, while not trivial, would be far from ruinous.

And as more roads were built, competition sometimes became ruinous.

It was getting crazy and ruinous now, from long neglect.

Or perhaps his ruinous intent called that danger by another name.

Behind the waterfront, many houses are still in a ruinous state.

Because you want to give your child a ruinous education and score a few cheap political points.

The buildings were mostly ruinous by 1650, but some still remained in 1803.

In yesterday's stock market free fall, it was potentially ruinous.