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Resulting in or from disaster

Costing far more than can be afforded

Shabby and squalid in nature

Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources

Significant or extreme in degree or intensity

Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution

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Adjective

Resulting in or from disaster

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

earth-shattering

life-threatening

bringing bad luck

fire-and-brimstone

mutually harmful

mutually destructive

evil-intentioned

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

foolish-looking

beyond contempt

heart-wrenching

dissatisfactory

a load of pants

bargain-basement

behind eight ball

having tough luck

having hard luck

having a bad break

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“The state and city have continued on this ruinous course.”

Adjective

Costing far more than can be afforded

excessively high

costing the earth

costing an arm and a leg

daylight robbery

highway robbery

worth a king's ransom

worth its weight in gold

unduly expensive

overextravagant

beyond your means

cost-prohibitive

an arm and a leg

more than one can afford

more than can be afforded

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“Potatoes are selling at ruinous prices and the crop is being taken away from the growers without any profit to them for their time, labor, land, and trouble.”

Adjective

Shabby and squalid in nature

falling to pieces

gone to rack and ruin

down-at-the-heels

in poor condition

having seen better days

the worse for wear

poorly maintained

down-at-the-heel

all the worse for wear

poverty-stricken

on its last legs

in a state of disrepair

badly maintained

unprepossessing

falling apart at the seams

on your last legs

seen better days

decrepit. in ruins

down at the heel

underprivileged

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“This building is owned by a State body who have let it go into a ruinous state.”

Adjective

Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being

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Inclined to waste or squander money or resources

overextravagant

pleasure-seeking

self-gratifying

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Significant or extreme in degree or intensity

hammer and tongs

knock-down-and-drag-out

pulling no punches

life-threatening

extremely painful

encyclopedic^US

encyclopaedic^UK

all-encompassing

lacking self-control

one-hundred percent

root-and-branch

not backward in coming forward

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Adjective

Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

destabilising^UK

destabilizing^US

causing trouble

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