a basket case



a basket case

 
1. (informal) someone who is crazy and unable to organize their life She'll never get a job. She's a basket case.
2. a very poor country which needs economic help from other countries, or a business that is in a very bad financial situation Twenty years ago the country was an economic basket case.
See also: basket, case

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Akuchi-Western African, Igbo
Bobette
Doyle[dɔil]
Noelene-English (Rare)
JÖRgen-Swedish
Patroklos-Greek Mythology