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
"A lot of other people, you know, you read stories where they become basket cases. To be honest, I'm not a basket case."
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 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
Fifteen years later, Libya remains a basket case of militias, warlords and weak institutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
Peter's prediction: Chelsea looked like a basket case in the summer but they impressed me at Anfield earlier this month - they had a gameplan and played really well.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 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
