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 founder of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, pleaded guilty to charges including misuse of funds, fundraising fraud and illegally taking public deposits, a court in China’s southern city of Shenzhen said. —

Reuters, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026 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 This week’s newsletter is deeply indebted to Bloomberg’s resident HBO expert, Felix Gillette. —

Felix Salmon, Bloomberg, 7 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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