"debt-ridden" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛt.ɹɪd.n̩/ Forms: more debt-ridden [comparative], most debt-ridden [superlative]
Etymology: From debt + -ridden. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|debt|-ridden|text=+|tree=1}} From debt + -ridden. Head templates: {{en-adj}} debt-ridden (comparative more debt-ridden, superlative most debt-ridden)
  1. Dominated by debt. Translations (dominated by debt): criblé de dettes [masculine] (French), hoch verschuldet (German), schuldengeplagt (German), claufit de deutes (Occitan), confit de deutes (Occitan)
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