basket-case
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Two decades ago the District was a potholed basket-case that was losing people to the suburbs.
From Economist ● Jan. 12, 2017
While the country's basket-case economy has been a concern for some time, the latter could not have been foreseen.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2015
The two lenses through which Banda depicts Malawi — near basket-case on the one hand, confident emerging market on the other — simply don't make sense when offered together.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2013
Today, after little more than a year of democratic reform, the dominant description of Burma has changed in many circles from basket-case pariah to promising frontier economy.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 17, 2012
Even the U.S. is worried that severe economic penalties might only serve to create two basket-case countries with bombs.
From Time Magazine Archive
“This is not a basket case by any means.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
But Welch’s legacy took a hit following his retirement as GE went from America’s most-valuable company to a basket case, eventually splitting in three under an outsider’s management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
They are still a basket case of a club, and you could say the same about West Ham.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
When Fujimori took office in 1990, Peru was Latin America’s basket case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
“We’ve got over forty-five minutes, darling. Hold your horses. You’re going to turn me into a basket case if you don’t relax. Let’s go pray at the shrine.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
