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
Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Even then, there was concern that China’s accession into the family of trading nations could flood the United States with cheap imports and bankrupt American manufacturers.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Climate: Greenpeace is set to go on trial in a $300 million lawsuit that, if successful, could bankrupt the storied group.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
China’s Hong Kong puppet regime, albeit bankrupt of any legitimacy, is still unwilling to cede power to the people.
—Joshua Wong, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
Yes, all lending and borrowing is risky; local governments could make bad lending decisions and wind up bankrupt.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Even then, there was concern that China’s accession into the family of trading nations could flood the United States with cheap imports and bankrupt American manufacturers.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
Unable to hold a full-time teaching job, Keith’s gambling addiction has nearly bankrupted the couple a few times.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Climate: Greenpeace is set to go on trial in a $300 million lawsuit that, if successful, could bankrupt the storied group.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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
China’s Hong Kong puppet regime, albeit bankrupt of any legitimacy, is still unwilling to cede power to the people.
—Joshua Wong, Quartz, 3 Sep. 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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Curtis left her job as a deputy in August 2023 and sued the county soon after, claiming in court documents that Anderson’s harassment ruined her reputation and career with the county.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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The problem lies once kids become tech savvy and a simple Google search can ruin the fun.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The group found that Trump’s agenda would make the government program insolvent in six years, shrinking the current timeline by a third, and expanding Social Security’s cash shortfall by trillions of dollars. 5.—
Kristian Burt,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2024
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Trump's change would make Social Security’s retirement trust fund insolvent more thanone year earlier – in early 2032 instead of late 2033 -- and the initial 21% cut across the board would deepen to a 25% cut, CRFB said.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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The void year concept was used on quarterback Zach Wilson.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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The 29-year-old still has two years left on the contract and ESPN, citing unnamed sourcing, reported late last year that Watson and the team agreed to rework his contract to add void years and move his dead salary cap into 2030.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, he was booked into jail on one count each of possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent, possession of fentanyl with intent to sell, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, improper exhibition of a firearm and resisting an officer without violence.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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Illinois also had a high percentage of those with late housing payments, 13.92 percent of all households, but this was most concentrated among renters, with 24 percent delinquent, according to the study.—
Suzanne Blake,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The man was destitute and living in poor conditions, including a non-working furnace.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Musk then halts all shipments of aid to destitute countries where children are starving and people of all ages are dying for lack of medical supplies.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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At another point, a surface-to-air missile takes out a passenger airliner, something that really happened — but the attack is as purposeless here as the tragic original event, other than to remind us that Valet, who surveys the wreckage for valuables, is a degenerate.—
Boris Fishman,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupt. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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