Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
RUINOUSLY
ruinously
(adverb) in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree; “ruinously high wages”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
ruinously (comparative more ruinously, superlative most ruinously)
in a way that will cause ruin
Source: Wiktionary
RUINOUS
Ru"in*ous, a. Etym: [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See Ruin.]
1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton.
2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins. Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap. Isa. xvii. 1.
Syn.
– Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious; destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.
– Ru"in*ous*ly, adv.
– Ru"in*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOMESTICATION
(noun) accommodation to domestic life; “her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication”
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