The phrase "a ruinous impact" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a negative or destructive effect that something has on a situation, environment, or entity.
Example: "The new regulations had a ruinous impact on small businesses, leading many to close their doors."
Alternatives: "devastating effect" or "destructive influence."
Or take the financial sector, where staff numbers have changed little but there has been a big drop in output since the ruinous impact of the financial crisis.
I escaped without a fine, but for many, penalties incurred for vehicular offenses have a ruinous financial impact.
The revered urbanist Jane Jacobs, the author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," said Ms. Kay's book had "given us a profound way of seeing the automobile's ruinous impact on American life".
Although oil costing more than $60 a barrel hasn't caused a global recession, that could still happen: it can take a while for high prices to have their ruinous impact.
"There are many devastating stories of how RBS has wrecked good businesses and the ruinous impact this has on the lives of the business owners," said Tomlinson.
The first really depressing thing about this journalistic debacle was that – setting aside the cosmic lack of perspective involved in NME's foregrounding of the issue – the potentially ruinous impact of the Sony warehouse fire on the independent sector of the British music industry was actually an entirely valid story for the paper to be covering.
Using the scientific tool of reasoned projection, the most self-aware and conscious species, Homo sapiens, has collectively peered into the times ahead and seen the ruinous impact on generations to come from burning ever more carbon to fuel our present industrialized desire.
Indeed, poor immunization coverage is yet another example of the 'double disaster' now facing the country – where existing development constraints have been significantly worsened by the earthquake's ruinous impact.
Catastrophic: Mission critical financial loss, permanent disruption to capability, and ruinous impact on community standing.
Norway imposes a ruinous import levy on cars with big engines.
