debt-ridden
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debt-ridden — ˈdebt ˌridden adjective JOURNALISM owing a lot of money and having difficulty in paying it: • Debt ridden companies should be allowed to fail quickly. * * * debt ridden UK US adjective ► having a lot of debt and therefore in financial difficulty … Financial and business terms
debt-ridden — debt .ridden adj [usually before noun] debt ridden countries or organizations owe so much money they cannot pay the money back … Dictionary of contemporary English
debt-ridden — UK US adjective usually before noun in serious financial trouble as a result of owing very large amounts of money Thesaurus: in debthyponym … Useful english dictionary
debt-ridden — ADJ: usu ADJ n Debt ridden countries, companies, or people owe extremely large amounts of money. ...the debt ridden economies of Latin America … English dictionary
debt-ridden — UK / US adjective [usually before noun] in serious financial trouble as a result of owing very large amounts of money … English dictionary
-ridden — a combining form meaning obsessed with, overwhelmed by (torment ridden) or full of, burdened with (debt ridden). [special use of RIDDEN] * * * ridden combining form Oppressed by the dominance or prevalence of a specified thing (eg hag ridden or… … Useful english dictionary
-ridden — a combining form indicating: 1. an infestation of a specified pest, as in flea ridden. 2. the overwhelming presence of an undesirable feeling, as in jealousy ridden, despair ridden. 3. the overwhelming presence of a burden, impost, etc., as in… …
ridden — adjective Date: 1653 1. harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by usually used in combination < guilt ridden > < debt ridden > 2. excessively full of or supplied with usually used in combination < slum ridden > … New Collegiate Dictionary
-ridden — a combining form meaning obsessed with, overwhelmed by (torment ridden) or full of, burdened with (debt ridden). [special use of RIDDEN] * * * … Universalium
-ridden — [[t] rɪd(ə)n[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED ridden combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe something as having a lot of a particular undesirable thing or quality, or suffering very much because of it. ...the debt ridden economies of Latin… … English dictionary
