Bankrupt

Quick meaning: Bankrupt is an adjective meaning (figurative) Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.

Meaning

(figurative) Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
2. (card games) to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule
3. One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
4. (UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
5. (finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.

Example Sentences

a bankrupt merchant

a morally bankrupt politician

a creatively bankrupt endeavor

"How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."

Word Forms

• bankrupts
• bankrupting
• bankrupted

Synonyms for bankrupt

Depending on context, synonyms include almsless, arm, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include insolvent, ruin, break, fail, dud, kaput.

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