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bankrupt

/ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables

Bankrupt means: reduce to bankruptcy.

Synonyms for bankrupt5

noun, as in someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

insolvent

verb, as in reduce to bankruptcy

adjective, as in financially ruined

belly-up, insolvent

What does bankrupt mean?3

verb

1

reduce to bankruptcy“My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!”

adjective

1

financially ruined“a bankrupt company”

noun

1

someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Bankrupt in a sentence

  • We were financially troubled, in short, we were bankrupt.GiggyMantis
  • Having fallen victim to increased competition, the company went bankrupt.unknown
  • Even when they go bankrupt, large corporations get support from the state.sundown
  • They neglected his advice, with the result the their company went bankrupt.unknown
  • Isn't that punishment enough, to see them bankrupt?mutskt
  • That's a bankrupt idea, as the history of modern politics readily shows.darinmex
  • I met my favorite celebrity, and found him to be morally bankrupt.seeker
  • The publishing house was about to go bankrupt.felidad

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bankrupt

as a noun

plural
bankrupts

as a verb

past tense
bankrupted
present participle
bankrupting
third-person singular
bankrupts
past participle
bankrupted