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
Chloe Laws, Glamour, 9 May 2025
Last June, a judge signed off on Do Kwon and his bankrupt Terraform Labs settling with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $4.5 billion.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The game wasn’t even close; Purdue took an early lead and maintained it, avoiding the upset and also potentially bankrupting my neighbors.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Michelle Toh, CNN, 19 May 2020
India was granted independence in 1947 by a Britain left bankrupt after World War II.
—Cassie Werber, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2019
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Adjective
Opinion The weight-loss club may be bankrupt, but diet culture has never been richer.
—Chloe Laws, Glamour, 9 May 2025
Last June, a judge signed off on Do Kwon and his bankrupt Terraform Labs settling with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $4.5 billion.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Verb
Bureaucratic waste, fraud, and abuse are not bankrupting the U.S. government; benefits going to the American people are.
—Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The game wasn’t even close; Purdue took an early lead and maintained it, avoiding the upset and also potentially bankrupting my neighbors.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 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
India was granted independence in 1947 by a Britain left bankrupt after World War II.
—Cassie Werber, Quartz, 17 Oct. 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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Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2023
Verb
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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But that stumble constitutes Hwang’s only confrontation with the hypocrisy that ruins Yellow Face and its inherent PBS conceit.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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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Assuming Schoen continues his practice of not adding void years, the Giants could create $15.7 million in cap space with a max restructure of Burns’ contract, which runs through 2028.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Their current rotation is Zach Eflin, Dean Kremer, Cade Povich, Sugano, and the void Gibson left behind.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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He was also indicted for possession of a firearm by a delinquent.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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The judge presiding over the case could decide to send an 18-year-old to the Youth Part of the Supreme Court, according to Jackson, where the suspect would be considered a juvenile delinquent and thus treated more gingerly than an adult in their early 20s.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Some of the 221 Nicaraguans were left completely destitute.—
CD Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
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The bank seizes the family’s assets, leaving them relatively destitute.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Those who hold advanced degrees in mathematics and analytics, or your favorite degenerate gambler, know any piece of datum is only reliant on the trove of data that occurred previously.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2025
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This 24-hour dive near Uptown is for true degenerates looking to extend the party to unholy hours.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupt. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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