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ruined

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹuɪnd/, /ɹuːnd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɪnd, -uːnd
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ined

Verb

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ruined

  1. simple past and past participle of ruin

Adjective

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ruined (comparative more ruined, superlative most ruined)

  1. In a state of ruin; dilapidated.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 261, about Llawhaden:
      At the west end of the street is the ruined 13th-century hospice, known locally as Pilgrims' Rest.
  2. Bankrupt.
  3. (slang) incapacitated by drugs or alcohol

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