overborrowed
Took excessive loans
Overborrowed describes having taken on more debt than is wise or sustainable.
A household that is overborrowed struggles to meet payments; an overborrowed company risks insolvency.
The term appears frequently in discussions of consumer debt and financial crises: Many homeowners found themselves overborrowed when property values collapsed.
Excessively burdened by debt
- overextendedBeyond sustainable capacity
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- defaultPreset standard option
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
foreclosure · repayment · creditors · arrears · delinquency · refinance · underwater · liabilities
Excessive trust in something
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- excessSurplus beyond need
- glutExcessive surplus
- overuseExcessive employment of something
overload · surfeit · inundation · saturation · overdependence · plethora · overexposure · flooding
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- anglicismEnglish loanword abroad
- neologismNewly created expression
- etymologyWord origin study
cognates · pidgin · creole · bilingualism · lexicography
overleveraged
Excessively burdened by debt
- overextendedBeyond sustainable capacity
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- defaultPreset standard option
bankruptcy · foreclosure · repayment · creditors · arrears · delinquency · refinance · underwater · liabilities · amortization
overreliance
Excessive trust in something
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- excessSurplus beyond need
- glutExcessive surplus
overuse · overload · surfeit · inundation · saturation · overdependence · plethora · overexposure · flooding · superabundance
loanwords
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- anglicismEnglish loanword abroad
- neologismNewly created expression
etymology · cognates · pidgin · creole · bilingualism · lexicography
overborroweddebt-free
Without financial obligations
unleveraged · unindebted · underleveraged · paid off · in the black