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
Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Serially bankrupt and unfaithful, Trump sought prayers from both Catholic and protestant religious dignitaries who condemn such things among their faithful and wink at them from Trump.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Gun rights groups, on the other hand, argue that Mexico is trying to bankrupt the American firearms industry and undermine the Second Amendment.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 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
The tentacles of these bankrupt policies are hobbling growth and rapidly diminishing the quality of city life.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Serially bankrupt and unfaithful, Trump sought prayers from both Catholic and protestant religious dignitaries who condemn such things among their faithful and wink at them from Trump.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
Gun rights groups argue that Mexico is trying to bankrupt the U.S. firearms industry and undermine the Second Amendment.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Gun rights groups, on the other hand, argue that Mexico is trying to bankrupt the American firearms industry and undermine the Second Amendment.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 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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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Mar. 2025
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But those stocks were mined with some gusto, and large portions of the island were essentially ruined.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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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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Trump claims pardons for those on the bipartisan congressional Jan. 6 committee are void, therefore potentially opening the door toward a justification for investigation.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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With the department in upheaval, servicers may face a leadership void and unclear directives.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 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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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
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As a result of this price increase, countless destitute refugees now complain about being stuck at border crossings along the migrant route.—
Max Abrahms,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Mar. 2017
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 3 Apr. 2025.
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