adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
condition
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The interior is still in ruinous condition though the exterior is fairly intact.
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A little further along the road is Dun Trodden, another broch in a more ruinous condition .
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They also tell us of a field with the manor house in a ruinous condition .
state
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Most of them are in a ruinous state with their upper storeys missing shattered by earthquake, war, neglect.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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ruinous taxes
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Alcohol is as ruinous as illegal drugs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In fact, depending on the type of plan you have, they can become ruinous .
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Most of them are in a ruinous state with their upper storeys missing shattered by earthquake, war, neglect.
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Our present policies are also ruinous to health.
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Rarely does a year start by offering so many opportunities for governments to make ruinous mistakes.
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Santa Anna had created twelve thousand new civil and military positions and had obtained several loans at ruinous rates of interest.
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So his strategy made sense at the same time as it seemed wantonly ruinous .
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That was before its ruinous so-called restoration.