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ruinous

How many syllables in ruinous?

  3 syllables

Divide ruinous into syllables:   ru-in-ous
Stressed syllable in ruinous:   ru-in-ous
How to pronounce ruinous:   roo-uh-nus
How to say ruinous:

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Synonyms for ruinous


1 syllable
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      3 syllables
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