Causing or causing something to suffer financially or ruinously collapse.
Example: "The company's financial mismanagement led to a ruinous loss of money."
"Ruinous" Examples
Usage Examples
| 1. | The company went bankrupt due to unfair business practices that were found to be ruinous to the owners. | | 2. | The hike was exhilarating, but the steep terrain proved to be ruinous to our hiking boots, causing them to fall apart. | | 3. | The aggressive spending was ruinous to the family's finances, leaving them in a precarious situation. | | 4. | The politician's constant flip-flopping on major issues was ruinous to his reputation, losing him the support of key voters. | | 5. | The rainy season turned the beautiful tea plantation into a ruinous landscape of flooded fields and uprooted trees.