distressed
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4.1
- adjective
- /dɪˈstrɛst/
- Specialized
- Many families are struggling to make ends meet in this economically distressed area.
- economically distressed
- financially distressed
- distressed cities
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Watch on YouTubeAs a result, China's state banks have found themselves exposed to a large amount of potentially distressed debt.
- As a result, China's state banks have found themselves exposed to a large amount of potentially distressed debt.
- What we do look for though, which is really, really important, is we're looking for a distressed seller of a good business, not the other way around.
- And I think some of the challenges we run into where but not too many of these sellers are distressed.
- I would call one distressed and one that's just they're ready to sell.
Examples
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Like businesses and individuals, U.S. municipalities may seek federal bankruptcy protection when they become financially distressed.
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But it's a different experience from rural Maine and other distressed areas of our nation.
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And today we're looking at opportunities in in distressed securities.
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And it essentially means we're going to go find properties that are distressed and we're going to get them at a discount.
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As a result, China's state banks have found themselves exposed to a large amount of potentially distressed debt.
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Living in a distressed city compounded the disparities in poor outcomes for Black children and youths.
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For most health outcomes we examined, children and youths were significantly worse off in economically distressed cities than in nondistressed cities.
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Fortunately, there is a growing recognition that the problems plaguing severely distressed communities have a profound impact on children's school performance.
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City rankings ranged from Detroit, MI, as the most distressed city to Huntington Beach, CA, as the least distressed.
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Most of the youths are second-generation Israelis who live in financially distressed neighborhoods.
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Synonyms
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1.5
Without enough food, clothes, or a home and often gets help from others
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6.0
Short of money or resources and finding things difficult
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4.8
A company, bank, or market with very serious money problems
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4.5
Lower than usual in price or value
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6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
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6.0
Very sick or having serious money problems
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5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
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8.3
Unable to manage easily because you have little money or help
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7.2
Having no money after a big loss
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8.6
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
Antonyms
Compounds
How Secure
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2.5
- Specialized
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4.7
467
2.3
- Specialized
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4.1
97
3.9
156
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Distressed comes from Latin parts dis- 'apart' and trahere 'to pull', the same root you see in tractor and attract. When a company or asset is 'pulled apart' by problems it is in trouble, so distressed is used for businesses or property in financial difficulty.