2. to spoil; to treat too indulgently.

The meaning of RUIN is to damage irreparably. How to use ruin in a sentence.

Cheap imported goods are ruining many businesses. If there's a scandal, I'll be ruined!

Ruined means destroyed or useless. When you visit the site of a long uninhabited city, the broken down structures you see are ruins — time and neglect has resulted in ruined buildings. Both …

Ruin, destruction, havoc imply irrevocable and often widespread damage. Destruction may be on a large or small scale (destruction of tissue, of enemy vessels); it emphasizes particularly the …

Definition of ruined adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A ruined building or place has been very badly damaged or has gradually fallen down because no-one has taken care of it. ...a ruined church.

RUIN definition: ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay. See examples of ruin used in a sentence.

Britannica Dictionary definition of RUINED always used before a noun : destroyed or badly damaged so that only parts remain ruined buildings a ruined Greek temple

Jan 2, 2026 · Adjective ruined (comparative more ruined, superlative most ruined) In a state of ruin; dilapidated. Synonym: undone (formal or humorous)