bad debt

Example Sentences

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We’re both in our mid-30s and align on so many levels, except financially, since I don’t have any bad debt — I paid mine off.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

If that keeps creeping up, it raises the risk of higher bad debt, says Leerink analyst Whit Mayo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

I had some lingering bad debt that I’d been transferring between credit cards for years.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2023

"A collapse would not just leave many Chinese banks with bad debt, it would also leave hundreds of thousands of Chinese homebuyers without an apartment that they have paid for."

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

Will also took over a bicycle-and-tool shop for a bad debt.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck