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Definition of Ruined

1. Adjective. Destroyed physically or morally.

2. Adjective. Doomed to extinction.

3. Adjective. Brought to ruin. "The unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"

Definition of Ruined

1. Verb. (past of ''ruin'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruined

1. ruin [v] - See also: ruin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruined

rugrat rugrats rugs rugula rugulah rugulose ruhmkorff's coil ruin ruinable ruinate

ruinated ruinates ruinating ruination ruinations ruined (current term) ruiner ruiners ruing ruings

ruiniform ruining ruinings ruinous ruinously ruinousness ruinousnesses ruins ruitenbergite ruizite

Literary usage of Ruined

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1904)
"Her story would be too long to tell, but the end of it was that she had been ruined by hard riding, and was now 3415 turned off to see what rest would do. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"Having ' ruined himself by his riots, he was now left to recover himself by his wits.' He went into Spain, and lived there four years till his wife's death ..."

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