Usually means: Incapable of functioning due to stress.
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  1. basket case: Merriam-Webster
  2. basket case: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. basket case: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. basket case: Collins English Dictionary
  5. basket-case: Wordnik
  6. basket case: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. basket case: Wiktionary
  8. basket case: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. basket case: Dictionary.com
  10. Basket Case (film), Basket Case (novel), Basket Case (song), Basket Case, Basket case: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. basket case: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Basket case: Phrase Finder
  13. basket case: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. basket case: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. basket case (n.): Cats
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  3. basket case: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. basket case: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (basket case)

noun:  (colloquial, now historical, offensive) Someone (especially a soldier) who has lost all four limbs.
noun:  (colloquial) An institution or country in a bad condition or difficult situation (economically, financially or otherwise).
noun:  (colloquial, potentially offensive) One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, stress or exhaustion; someone considered mentally unstable.

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