Her gaming spiraled into a ruinous addiction, however, made worse by her emotional instability. He suggested that recent wars in India had been ruinous and unnecessary. They alleged widespread corruption by the "carpetbaggers," excessive state spending, and ruinous taxes. The firm can also lower prices without triggering a potentially ruinous price war with competitors. The Sarimao were avenging monsters that were brutally fierce, ugly, and ruinous. A survey from 1441 noted the castle was "right ruinous and feeble". Emperor Yao had also criticized Gun for being incompetent and ruinous. Grassley has argued that the estate is potentially ruinous for farmers and small business owners. By then, the building had become ruinous and badly roofed. City walls were either left in their ruinous state or only partially rebuilt. It has been abandoned since 1987, and is currently in a ruinous state. Both sides were completely exhausted, and Palestine was in a ruinous state. The bursting of the mining bubble was ruinous for Disraeli. Now the church was in ruinous condition. He settled in Tiberias, which was restored from its ruinous state.