Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

life-ruining

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: life-ru-in-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the potential to negatively impact someone's life.

Example Sentences

"All of which is to say – my OCD is back. For those of you who have not had the displeasure, OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and it is an absolute arseache. Again, at best. Utterly debilitating and life-ruining at worst."

Etymology

From life + ruining.

Inflected Forms

more life-ruining (comparative) most life-ruining (superlative)

Questions

What does life-ruining mean?: Having the potential to negatively impact someone's life.
Where does life-ruining come from?: From life + ruining.

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