bad debt

noun

: loans that will not be repaid
banks with millions of dollars of bad debt

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But bad debt like high interest loans and credit cards can kill your cash flow. — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025 During the same period, bad debt rose about 46%. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025 The equipment makers like Cisco were left holding bad debt while the startups went bust. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 But for many others, the decision could ultimately mean missing out on tens or hundreds of thousands in retirement savings or accruing more interest than necessary on bad debt. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bad debt

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