Thesaurus results for INDEBTED

indebted

adjective

in-ˈde-təd

as in obligated

being under obligation for a favor or gift thereafter forever felt indebted to the producer for giving her her lucky break

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Recent Examples of indebted The Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative delivered more than $100 billion in debt relief for 37 heavily indebted countries, the majority of them in Africa. —

Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 The sounds here are largely indebted to the wave of Eurodance that crossed the oceans in the late 1990s and early 2000s. —

Reanna Cruz, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026 Where the risks turn greater is if bond yields rise enough to hurt the US economy and to negatively affect the refinancing ability of highly indebted companies that use private market lending. —

Edward Harrison, Bloomberg, 4 Mar. 2026 Wall Street is convinced that these indebted companies are going to fail. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for indebted

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obligated

Adjective

The spokesperson did not respond to specific questions including what the legal basis would be for rescinding obligated funding.

— Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025

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