Bad and Ruining

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Ruining and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruining" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Ruining noun - Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.

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Bad and ruining are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Ruining".

Nearby Words: ruin, ruined, ruination, ruinous

Worse, his incompetence often led to him ruining the schemes of other villains and his own employers, making it near impossible for him to get any work as a bad guy.

Source: Big Bad Wannabe
After Brad was nearly ruined by the 2014 version of Endless Love, he found Winter's Tale to be pretty refreshing in being just silly-bad instead of ruining one of his favorite books.

Source: Web Video / Midnight Screenings
Despite Rule Zero technically protecting any given RPG from one bad rule ruining the bunch, splatbooks can have 200+ of great material and only be remembered for one bad rule or feature.

Source: Never Live It Down / Other Media

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