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ruinous

adjective
  1. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous

  2. Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.

    "They were forced to completely replace the roof at ruinous expense."

  3. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

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