bankrupt
/ˈbæŋkrʌpt/
noun
- A person who is legally declared unable to pay their debts.
- As a bankrupt, she could not get a loan.
- The court appointed a trustee to handle the bankrupt's finances.
- The bankrupt had to sell all his assets.
verb
- To cause someone or something to become unable to pay debts.
- The lawsuit could bankrupt the small business.
- Poor management bankrupted the once-thriving store.
- His gambling habit bankrupted his family.
adjective
- Legally declared unable to pay debts.
- Many small businesses became bankrupt during the recession.
- The company went bankrupt after years of losses.
- He was declared bankrupt by the court last month.
- Completely lacking in a particular quality or value.
- Her argument was intellectually bankrupt and made no sense.
- The government's policy is spiritually bankrupt and ignores human needs.
- The movie was morally bankrupt and full of violence.