crippling debt n figurative (owing too much money)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases.
Debt can be simply understood as the amount owed by the borrower to the lender. A debt is the sum of money that is borrowed for a certain period of time and is to be return along with the interest. The amount as well as the approval of the debt depends upon the creditworthiness of the borrower.
Different types of debt include credit cards and loans, such as personal loans, mortgages, auto loans and student loans. Debts can be categorized more broadly as being either secured or unsecured, and either revolving or installment debt.
A debt occurs when someone owes someone else money. This could be because: you loaned money to a friend or family member, or they loaned money to you. you sold goods or services to someone, and they haven't paid you. you have not paid someone for goods and services they provided you.
The noun cripple and the adjective crippled are no longer considered appropriate. Although these terms have been in use since before the year 950, since the mid-1900s they have become increasingly uncommon and are largely regarded as insulting.
offensive. : being disabled, flawed, or imperfect.
A crippling attack of malaria kept him in bed for months. The bomb attack dealt a crippling blow to tourism in the country. The novel opens during a crippling drought.
Some common synonyms of cripple are batter, maim, mangle, and mutilate. While all these words mean "to injure so severely as to cause lasting damage," cripple implies the loss or serious impairment of an arm or leg. crippled for life in an accident.
By the 1970's changes were developing and terms like cripple, lame, gimp and a host of others became offensive terms because they focused on a person's deficits rather than the person themselves.
(idiomatic) A person who has been rendered indecisive, alienated, uncaring, confused, or helpless in conjunction with experiencing debilitating emotions, such as worry, fear, panic, despair, etc. quotations ▼
This term is generally agreed to be offensive toward a person or group of people. We strongly recommend you do not use this term and instead use a term not usually thought to be offensive.
To cripple is to leave someone unable to walk. Terrible car accidents, for example, can sometimes cripple their victims. Use the verb cripple to describe what is done to a person whose legs are so badly injured that they can't be used.
If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again. Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job. [ be VERB-ed] He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life. [ VERB noun]
Definitions of crippling. adjective. that cripples or disables or incapacitates. “a crippling injury” synonyms: disabling, incapacitating unhealthful.
A person who cannot walk is called immobile or disabled.
But as a general rule of thumb, a debt/income ratio of 10% or less is outstanding. If it's between 10 to 20%, your credit is good, and you can probably borrow more. But once you hit 20% or above it's time to take a serious look at your debt load.
How much is the average Australian in debt? According to a study from Invezz, Australia's household debt is the fifth highest in the world, at about $86,000 per household. Given that the average available income is only $42,554, the amount of debt owed by households is a whopping 203%.
Six Year Limitation Period
For most debts, a creditor must begin court action to recover the debt within six years of the date you: Last made a payment. Admitted in writing that you owe the money.
Some mental health professionals and people who live with depression believe crippling depression is simply a synonym for clinical depression or major depressive disorder.