Fortuitous and Ruinous

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Fortuitous adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.

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Ruinous is an antonym for fortuitous.

Ruinous adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

Usage example: a ruinous miscalculation of the financial markets left them bankrupt

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Fortuitous is an antonym for ruinous.

Nearby Words: ruin, ruined, ruination, ruining, ruinously

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