troubled
- adjective
- /ˈtrʌbld/
- Specialized
- 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.
- the Fed serves as a lender of last resort to troubled banks.
- Well, when people start to get squoze, then you wind up what we call troubled assets.
- Most of those banks, not all most of those banks are the were the troubled banks and the ones that caused the most heartburn.
- Or will Evergrand be saved like the other banks I mentioned by something like a Troubled Asset Relief Program?
Examples
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the Fed serves as a lender of last resort to troubled banks.
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The hurricane adds to the troubled fiscal climate of the world.
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Raising all that money in these troubled economic times.
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Apple itself went into troubled times and was near bankruptcy by the time Steve Jobs returned.
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Chicago State University trustees have declared a financial emergency at the troubled school that could make it easier to lay off employees.
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The troubled corporation is now near complete bankruptcy and Ben Feld remains hospitalized.
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A young teacher's implementation of a simple-to-use e-portfolio program is helping to reform a troubled East Coast high school.
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"President Obama frequently reminds us that he inherited a troubled economy," Romney said, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
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Neglecting the issue would create dangerous instability in the troubled region of Kashmir.
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The financially troubled bank required a government bailout to avoid collapse.
Synonyms
Having serious money problems and unable to pay bills
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to gain from a difficult situation by using other people's confusion
- Informal
To say or do something to calm a tense situation between people
Compounds
How Troubled
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Surface Forms
Morphology
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.