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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ruinous/ˈruːɪnəs/

▶adjective

1 disastrous or destructive.

2 in ruins; dilapidated.

– derivatives
ruinously adverb,
ruinousness noun.

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