in default

ADJECTIVE

wanting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deficient unfulfilled

STRONG

absent bankrupt cooked deprived disappointing empty failing gone missing needed omitted scant short shy

WEAK

away bereft burned out cut off defective destitute devoid faulty half-baked imperfect incomplete inferior less minus not good enough not up to par out of gas patchy poor scanty scarce sketchy substandard too little too late unsound

Antonyms

STRONG

adequate enough existing present sufficient

WEAK

perfect satisfactory

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in default

Still, 730,000 borrowers, or 18.6%, were in default in the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Out of $1.7 trillion in federally backed student loans nationwide, $233.3 billion is in default.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Right now, more than 9 million borrowers are in default on their loans and millions more are severely behind.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

At KKR, the restructurings will add to defaults at one of its largest private-credit funds, which already had 5.5% of its loans in default in December.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

On June 25 the total number of loans in default spiked to 18.68 percent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

in default

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