Definition of "debt-ridden" [debt-ridden]

• Dominated or obsessed by debt. (adjective)

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• "But the euro reversed its losses after leaders agreed to increase the size of the European Financial Stability Fund, the bailout fund for debt-ridden euro-zone nations, to €440 billion $639 billion from about €250 billion."
• "Personally I believe that a good deal of our economic activity is immoral, going to feed a beast of debt-ridden consumerism, which I think unsustainable and in dire need of change."
• "In-World War is described by the filmmakers as "a smart and offbeat indie sci-fi feature, [which] tells the futuristic story of a debt-ridden and depressed beta tester trapped in a buggy virtual reality simulation of the 'war on terror'.""