as in devoid
utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
the company's product development team was bankrupt of ideas
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as in derelict
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as in insolvent
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Recent Examples of bankrupt
Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
Federal prosecutors have charged top executives at the subprime auto lender Tricolor with conspiring to defraud lenders and investors of the now-bankrupt company.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Liz Napolitano,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Paul faces charges for the death of his friend, and her parents sue Alex for millions, threatening to bankrupt him and expose all his criminal enterprises.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Michelle Toh, CNN, 19 May 2020
Ghosn was sent to Japan by Renault in the late 1990s and is credited with turning around a then near-bankrupt Nissan.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
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Adjective
Looking at the books of the three hospitals, one, Waterbury Hospital, was the bankrupt property of investors who were revealed as financially challenged during its bankruptcy proceedings.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
Federal prosecutors have charged top executives at the subprime auto lender Tricolor with conspiring to defraud lenders and investors of the now-bankrupt company.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Verb
Fifth Third Bancorp, for example, saw a jump in profit even as its credit losses grew due to exposure to bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor.
—Liz Napolitano,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Paul faces charges for the death of his friend, and her parents sue Alex for millions, threatening to bankrupt him and expose all his criminal enterprises.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
The plan is intended to prevent the company from being dissolved, forced into liquidation or formally declared bankrupt.
—Michelle Toh, CNN, 19 May 2020
Ghosn was sent to Japan by Renault in the late 1990s and is credited with turning around a then near-bankrupt Nissan.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrupt
Adjective
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Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.—
Michael Abbott,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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That devoid ingredient hindered things exponentially.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2024
Verb
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And, from this week’s issue, Nicola Twilley’s reporting on another lingering effect of the wildfires—smoke taint that is ruining grapes and threatening California’s wine industry.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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This will either change your life or ruin you.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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The diocese acknowledged that the value of Diocesan assets available to resolve claims, including any available insurance coverage, may not be sufficient to cover the claims and could leave the diocese insolvent.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2025
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This omnibus pledge can have the effect of rendering the debtor insolvent such that any transfer that the debtor tries to make for asset protection purposes is voidable by a creditor.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Any requirement, policy, or practice that conditions access to mental health services on AI use is considered legally void and unenforceable.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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Inflation is so severe that, in the past two decades, the nation’s currency has been declared void and substituted with a new tender three times.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Shephard says the most important thing to do is resolve any delinquent or past due payments.—
Mekialaya White,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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This means any unpaid amount, whether utilities or other charges, can make an account delinquent because it must be paid at the same time as rent.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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No matter the iteration, New York is a destitute trade partner, having already emptied its chamber for Towns and Bridges.—
Ricardo Sandoval,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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One million of these children are destitute, going without their most basic needs of staying warm, dry, clothed and fed being met, according to a 2023 study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which studies poverty and formulates policy to tackle it.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupt. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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