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
Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Opinion The weight-loss club may be bankrupt, but diet culture has never been richer.
—Chloe Laws, Glamour, 9 May 2025
Chandra Pemmasani, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
But that only attracted sharp bettors, who nearly bankrupted the startup.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 28 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
See All Example Sentences for bankrupt
Adjective
If this continues, the country will become de facto bankrupt.
—Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Opinion The weight-loss club may be bankrupt, but diet culture has never been richer.
—Chloe Laws, Glamour, 9 May 2025
Verb
After all, more than half of the Fortune 500 companies from 2000 no longer exist, having been bankrupted, acquired or pushed out of existence, largely due to some form of digital disruption.
—Chandra Pemmasani, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
But that only attracted sharp bettors, who nearly bankrupted the startup.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 28 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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There were missions that felt like a rally racing mini-game, asking me to navigate between timer-extending rings dotting barren desert ruins.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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The situation took a turn when Amy accidentally ruined her earbuds in the wash.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
3 June 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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This year’s group also includes 16 corporate CEOs, a record, and a sign of the emergence of a class of business leaders who are filling a leadership void.—
Sam Jacobs,
Time,
16 Apr. 2025
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The party has also been mired in a leadership void as former President Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris have largely remained out of the spotlight.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The girls, along with other residents, were considered juvenile delinquents and were supposed to receive counseling and rehabilitation services while at the facility.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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In discussing the rise of the pecuniary class, Veblen compared its members to street delinquents at the opposite pole of society.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Shirley is cast as a destitute East End woman, shaped by hardship and time spent in psychiatric care, where art became both refuge and revelation.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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To many, bringing destitute Vietnamese to American shores seemed nonsensical.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Novak: The fact that this group of degenerates, these bloodsucking, mass-murdering vampires and wannabe vampires, [could be] so lovable is amazing.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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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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“Bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupt. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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