A person who is very nervous, tired, etc., and is not able to think or act normally.
basket case. noun. Tweet. : a person who is very nervous, tired, etc., and is not able to think or act normally. : something (such as a company or a government) that is in very bad condition and close to failure. 1. Basketcase. Sometimes percieved as an insult, usually a stereotype or label. A basketcase is common word used to describe a social outcast in school. Some characteristics of a basketcase included emotional instability, weirdness, and constant isolation from mainstream society. A basketcase is often independent and isolationist, in other words, anti-social. This word was widely used in the 80s. Fig. a person who is a nervous wreck. (Formerly referred to a person who is physically disabled in all four limbs because of paralysis or amputation.) After that all-day meeting, I was practically a basket case. My weeks of worry were so intense that I was a real basket case afterwards. n. Slang. One that is in a completely hopeless or useless condition: a man who became a basket case after his divorce; a country that is an economic basket case.
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