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bank·rupt
 bankrupt
- pronunciation:
- baeng
kr
 pt
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
in a state of having been legally declared incapable of paying off one's debts and having one's assets administered by a court to compensate creditors.
After years of struggling and being unable to pay back investors, the small company went bankrupt. |
| definition 2: |
impoverished or unable to pay debts.
Most of the former employees became bankrupt, not being able to sell their homes or find other jobs in the area.- antonyms:
- in the black, solvent
- similar words:
- bust
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| definition 3: |
lacking in some quality.
The prison guards seemed bankrupt of all human feelings. |
| related words: |
destitute, down and out, indigent, penniless, poor |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
in law, a debtor who by his own petition or petition by others is legally declared incapable of meeting debts and whose assets are administered by a court for his creditors' benefit.
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| definition 2: |
a person lacking in some quality.
a spiritual bankrupt |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
bankrupted, bankrupting, bankrupts |
| definition: |
to cause to become a bankrupt.
His gambling soon bankrupted him.- similar words:
- break, bust
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| related words: |
beggar |
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