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catastrophic or extremely harmful; or badly damaged or decayed (like ancient ruins)
- His only hope was to plead again with May, and on the day before his departure he walked with her to the ruinous garden of the Spanish Mission.Chapter 16 (56% in)
There are no more uses of "ruinous" in The Age of Innocence.
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