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basket-case
adjective as in helpless
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
On the pitch at least, West Ham are far from the basket-case outfit many predicted before the season began.
Never mind that the Fed must be politically independent in order to function; as Argentina, pre-euro Italy and other basket-case economies have illustrated many times over, a central bank cannot credibly commit to stable prices if the money supply is even mildly suspected of being controlled by politicians.
Financial fair play, the injunction to spend within revenues which has transformed European football from basket-case losses for many clubs to general financial health, is depicted as a wicked European plot by elite clubs to pull up the drawbridge.
"This is a basket-case government and a lame duck transport secretary continuing its all-out war on staff and passengers alike," he added.
“I’ve been an emotional basket-case because you want to do everything for everyone,” said Nicole Bertrand Nixon, 39, who lives in Rockville, Maryland, but grew up in St. Thomas in the U.S.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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