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troubled

troubled

18 4.8
A company, bank, or market with very serious money problems
  • adjective
  • /ˈtrʌbld/
  • Specialized
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  • The truth is that most troubled companies are doomed to fail without a turnaround effort.
  • troubled bank
  • troubled times
  • troubled public

the Fed serves as a lender of last resort to troubled banks.

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Examples

  • the Fed serves as a lender of last resort to troubled banks.

  • The hurricane adds to the troubled fiscal climate of the world.

    Blog text (7)
  • Raising all that money in these troubled economic times.

  • Apple itself went into troubled times and was near bankruptcy by the time Steve Jobs returned.

    Blog text (8)
  • Chicago State University trustees have declared a financial emergency at the troubled school that could make it easier to lay off employees.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The troubled corporation is now near complete bankruptcy and Ben Feld remains hospitalized.

  • A young teacher's implementation of a simple-to-use e-portfolio program is helping to reform a troubled East Coast high school.

    Academic text (2007)
  • "President Obama frequently reminds us that he inherited a troubled economy," Romney said, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

    Blog text (8)
  • Neglecting the issue would create dangerous instability in the troubled region of Kashmir.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The financially troubled bank required a government bailout to avoid collapse.

Synonyms

distressed
vstroubled
  • Specialized
9 4.1

Having serious money problems and unable to pay bills

is more severe with losses falling credit quality and higher insolvency risk

Antonyms

83 4.1

Doing well and having a lot of money

6 3.8

Growing and very successful, like a busy café or arts scene

Idioms

To try to gain from a difficult situation by using other people's confusion

To say or do something to calm a tense situation between people

Compounds

Something that makes a worried person feel calm

How Troubled

insolvent
  • Specialized
18 7.7
distressed
  • Specialized
9 4.1
troubled
  • Specialized
18 4.8
vulnerable
581 4.0
healthy
84 3.7

Surface Forms

troubled positive

Morphology

troubled = trouble (transparent) = trouble + ed

Adjectival use of the past participle 'troubled' describing entities 'in trouble' (here financial), directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Troubled comes from the root turb- meaning 'to disturb', the same idea you see in turbulent. So a troubled bank or market is one whose normal order has been 'stirred up', causing money problems and risk.