as in nervous breakdown
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Recent Examples of basket case
Credit Suisse has become a European banking basket case.
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Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
The village was literally a basket case, bereft of water, food and all hope.
—Steve West, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022
Venezuela, another socialist basket case, slips to the second-most-miserable country in the world after six years in the pole position.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
Today, a mere million dollars barely buys a Miura basket case.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022
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Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
The village was literally a basket case, bereft of water, food and all hope.
—Steve West, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022
Venezuela, another socialist basket case, slips to the second-most-miserable country in the world after six years in the pole position.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
Today, a mere million dollars barely buys a Miura basket case.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022
See All Example Sentences for basket case
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket case
Noun
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Robson suffered two nervous breakdowns and Safechuck had insomnia and depression.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Ossoff had no reason to expect to win the runoff until Perdue and many in his state party had a collective nervous breakdown over Donald Trump’s efforts to swipe Georgia’s electoral votes.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April, marking the fourth consecutive month of declines, as an intensifying trade war fueled anxiety over American jobs and rising inflation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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For the next year, Munn battled postpartum anxiety.—
Danielle Pergament,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The feature set is similar, too, with in-app early warnings for alarms, voice alerts, and support for both wired and battery setups.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Mar. 2025
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The move set off alarm bells for some politicians, policy experts, and Social Security consultants, who warned the program's 72.5 million Social Security beneficiaries could face a slowdown in services.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Washington defenders retreated well, but no one picked up the Utah center — which was not a breakdown, just the proper way to guard in that situation.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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One, a breakdown of the federal financial aid system.—
Tinbete Ermyas,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Basket case.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket%20case. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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