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overindebted

overindebted adjective: too deeply in debt.

Adjective

overindebted (comparative more overindebted, superlative most overindebted)

  1. Too deeply in debt.
    • The idea that overindebted, chronically undersaving American consumers would somehow be serving their country in its time of need by maxing out yet more of their credit cards is surely an idea whose time has passed.2009 February 18, “The Way We Save: There’s No Paradox in Thrift”, in New York Times

Forms of overindebted

comparativemore overindebted
superlativemost overindebted

Origin of overindebted

From over- + indebted.

Words formed from overindebted

Questions about overindebted

What does overindebted mean?
Overindebted means too deeply in debt.
What part of speech is overindebted?
Overindebted is an adjective.

Words near overindebted in the dictionary

  1. overinclusions
  2. overinclusive
  3. overinclusively
  4. overinclusiveness
  5. overinclusivity
  6. overindebted
  7. overindebtedness
  8. overindex
  9. overindexed
  10. overindexes
  11. overindexing

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