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Definition of Ruinable
1. a. Capable of being ruined.
Definition of Ruinable
1. Adjective. Capable of being ruined. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruinable
1. ruin [adj] - See also: ruin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruinable
Literary usage of Ruinable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Studies by Walter Bagehot (1879)
"... fell on the 18 Brumaire, under the hands of Na poleon, when the 5 per cents,
were at 12, the whole country in disorder, and all ruinable persons ruined. ..."
2. Literary Studies by Walter Bagehot (1879)
"... fell on the 18 Brumaire, under the hands of Napoleon, when the 5 per cents,
were at 12, the whole country in disorder, and all ruinable persons ruined. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1892)
"Of this mass something like three-fourths may be regarded as ruinable, the
remainder being the leaner ores that cannot be profitably extracted at great ..."
4. The Christian Parlor Magazine by Darius Mead (1851)
"... beyond the nsr- row boundaries that hold our race ; beyond these ruinable
skies that shut the courts of Paradise from the sight of all that breathe ! ..."
5. The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot by Walter Bagehot, Russell Barrington (1915)
"... fell on the 18 Brumaire, under the hands of Napoleon, when the 5 per cents,
were at 12, the whole country in disorder, and all ruinable persons ruined. ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence: In which the by James Elmes (1827)
"Houses and other ruinable goods or pro- ground. 6 perty, were comprehended under
the general appellation Bona. The genus bona is divided into several ..."
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