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bankrupt
[bangk-ruhpt, -ruhpt]
noun
Law.Ìýa person who upon their own petition or that of their creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among their creditors under a bankruptcy law.
any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon them.
a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality.
a moral bankrupt.
adjective
Law.Ìýsubject to or under legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.
Synonyms: ,at the end of one's resources; lacking (usually followed by of orin ).
bankrupt of compassion;
bankrupt in good manners.
related to the act or process of being adjudged insolvent by a court and having one's property andministered for and divided among one's creditors.
verb (used with object)
to make insolvent.
His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
bankrupt
/ ˈbæŋkrʌpt, -rəpt /
noun
a person adjudged insolvent by a court, his or her property being transferred to a trustee and administered for the benefit of his creditors
any person unable to discharge all his or her debts
a person whose resources in a certain field are exhausted or nonexistent
a spiritual bankrupt
adjective
adjudged insolvent
financially ruined
depleted in resources or having completely failed
spiritually bankrupt
(foll by of) lacking
bankrupt of intelligence
verb
(tr) to make bankrupt
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- pseudobankrupt adjective
- quasi-bankrupt adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of bankrupt1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of bankrupt1
Example Sentences
These legal actions, while rooted in rightful grievances, have the potential to bankrupt entire school systems.â€
A nonprofit controlled by Anne Wojcicki, former chief executive of 23andMe, has won the bidding process to buy the bankrupt genetic testing company.
Dozens of states have filed a joint lawsuit against the bankrupt DNA-testing company 23andMe to block the company’s sale of its customers’ genetic data without explicit consent.
However, recently Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said the target is "impossible" to achieve "without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us".
As is the case with any show, enjoying “America’s Got Talent,†“Survivor,†or any reality series doesn’t make their fans morally bankrupt.
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