overindebted

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adjective

Too deeply in debt.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverindebted (comparative more overindebted, superlative most 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

Origin

From over- + indebted.

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APA

overindebted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindebted

MLA

“overindebted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindebted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overindebted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindebted.

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