overleveraged
overleveraged adjective: subject to excessive leverage (debt).
Adjective
overleveraged (comparative more overleveraged, superlative most overleveraged)
- Subject to excessive leverage (debt).
- If there is one axiom of today's Pigovian pessimism it is the idea that after decades of decadent reliance on debt to goose up consumption, US consumers are structurally over leveraged. And that it may take a decade or more of pain to unwind the damage, during which time US consumption and GDP...2009 December 2, Derek Thompson, “Are US Consumers Really Over Leveraged?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025
- Antonyms:
- underleveraged
overleveraged meaning in Tamil
overleveraged in Tamil
- பெருங்கடனாளி
Antonyms of overleveraged
Forms of overleveraged
| comparative | more overleveraged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overleveraged |
| alternative form | over-leveraged |
Origin of overleveraged
From over- + leveraged.
Questions about overleveraged
- What does overleveraged mean?
- Overleveraged means subject to excessive leverage (debt).
- What is overleveraged in Tamil?
- Overleveraged in Tamil is பெருங்கடனாளி. See Overleveraged meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is overleveraged?
- Overleveraged is an adjective.
Words near overleveraged in the dictionary
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