ruinously

In catastrophic fashion

Ruinously means in a way that causes ruin or destruction, especially financial devastation.

The word typically modifies adjectives describing cost or expense: ruinously expensive, ruinously high interest rates.

Something ruinously priced costs so much it could bankrupt you.

financial

insolvency

Inability to pay debts

foreclosure · liquidation · impoverishment · destitution · penury · arrears · overextended · insolvent · pauperism · indigence

excessive

extravagantly

In excessive, showy manner

recklessly · wastefully · lavishly · immoderately · inordinately · unconscionably · outrageously · unreasonably · disproportionately · preposterously

destructive

devastating

Causing severe damage

annihilating · decimating · demolishing · obliterating · ravaging · wrecking · shattering · crushing · crippling · blighting

irreversible

irreparably

Beyond possible repair

irrevocably · irredeemably · incurably · irremediably · terminally · fatally · hopelessly · beyond repair · unfixably · lasting

Opposites
effect on outcome

ruinouslybeneficially

In a helpful manner

advantageously · constructively · profitably · helpfully · favorably

degree of harm

ruinouslyharmlessly

Without causing damage

safely · innocuously · benignly · protectively · inoffensively

financial sustainability

ruinouslyaffordably

At manageable cost

economically · sustainably · profitably · prudently · frugally

Family

ruinous

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