indebted

/ɪnˈdetɪd/ adjective

Definition

› owing money: He campaigned for debt relief for the most heavily indebted countries.

indebtedness /ɪnˈdetɪdnəs/

/-ˈdeṱ-/ noun [U] › rising levels of public indebtedness

(Definition of indebted adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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