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crisis-ridden

crisis-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by crises.

Adjective

crisis-ridden (comparative more crisis-ridden, superlative most crisis-ridden)

  1. Dominated or plagued by crises.
    • The crisis-ridden automobile industry is seeking a bail-out from the government.

Forms of crisis-ridden

comparativemore crisis-ridden
superlativemost crisis-ridden

Origin of crisis-ridden

From crisis + -ridden.

Questions about crisis-ridden

What does crisis-ridden mean?
Crisis-ridden means dominated or plagued by crises.
What part of speech is crisis-ridden?
Crisis-ridden is an adjective.

Words near crisis-ridden in the dictionary

  1. crisis lines
  2. crisis management
  3. crisis managements
  4. crisis response team
  5. crisis response teams
  6. crisis-ridden
  7. crisisless
  8. crisislike
  9. crisitunities
  10. crisitunity
  11. Crisler

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