debt-ridden
Owing too much
Debt-ridden describes a person, organization, or country overwhelmed by debt, owing far more than can be comfortably repaid.
The term suggests a chronic condition rather than a temporary shortfall: The debt-ridden company struggled to make payroll.
A debt-ridden nation may face austerity measures or default.
The word carries connotations of poor financial management or circumstances that have spiraled beyond control.
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- creditorsThose owed payment
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- defaultPreset standard option
arrears · liabilities · overleveraged · underwater · collection · repossession · garnishment · delinquent
Experiencing serious difficulty
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- sleeplessUnable to drift off
desperate · trapped · burdened · drowning · crushed · suffocating · worried · ashamed
Experiencing serious difficulty
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- mismanagedHandled badly or incompetently
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
overleveraged · distressed · troubled · insolvent · cash-strapped · hemorrhaging · restructuring · takeover
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- creditorsThose owed payment
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
default · arrears · liabilities · overleveraged · underwater · collection · repossession · garnishment · delinquent · overdue
struggling
Experiencing serious difficulty
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
sleepless · desperate · trapped · burdened · drowning · crushed · suffocating · worried · ashamed · hopeless
struggling
Experiencing serious difficulty
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- mismanagedHandled badly or incompetently
leveraged · overleveraged · distressed · troubled · insolvent · cash-strapped · hemorrhaging · restructuring · takeover · liquidation
austerity
Enforced economic stringency
IMF · bailout · Greece · Argentina · fiscal · budget · stimulus · treasury · inflation · devaluation
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- maxed outtapped out, topped out, maximal, at capacity, pushed to the limit
debt-riddendebt-free
Without financial obligations
unencumbered · unburdened · in the black · free and clear · unindebted
debt, debts, ridden, indebted, debtor, indebtedness, debtors