distressed
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4.1
- adjective
- /dɪˈstrɛst/
- Specialized
:
en dificultades financieras
- Many families are struggling to make ends meet in this economically distressed area.
- economically distressed
- financially distressed
- distressed cities
As 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.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
43
1.5
Without enough food, clothes, or a home and often gets help from others
33
6.0
Short of money or resources and finding things difficult
26
4.5
Lower than usual in price or value
20
6.5
Very poor and without basic things like food or a home
18
4.8
A company, bank, or market with very serious money problems
17
6.0
Very sick or having serious money problems
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5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
1
7.2
Having no money after a big loss
1
8.3
Unable to manage easily because you have little money or help
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
Antonyms
Compounds
How Secure
520
2.5
- Specialized
31
4.7
473
2.3
- Specialized
9
4.1
151
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.