Adjective
She is broke and homeless.
Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.
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Meanwhile, countless others who chased hot tips and quick wins are broke, both financially and emotionally.—Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 Image Set in Brooklyn in the summer of 2022, the action takes place in the apartment of Emmy, a playwright freshly cognizant of the danger of being too broke to afford health insurance.—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Here's one: In 1 of every 4 large American cities, a family can earn six figures and still feel broke.—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 May 2025 But Michaels does not think, as some comedians claim, that woke broke comedy.—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for broke
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