bad debt

noun

: loans that will not be repaid

banks with millions of dollars of bad debt

Examples of bad debt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Estimates of the damage ran to roughly $285 million across the ecosystem, including about $137 million of bad debt on Euler alone. — Alexander S. Blume, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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

JPMorgan was similarly forced to write off $170 million in bad debt to Tricolor, and its CEO said the two auto bankruptcies had highlighted concerns about other risky players reliant on opaque forms of financing. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025

The equipment makers like Cisco were left holding bad debt while the startups went bust. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for bad debt

• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• binet
• briquette
• brunet
• brunette
• burette

Legal Definition

bad debt

see also:

debt