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
Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Museums that had opened in the corporate skyscrapers dotting the Tokyo skyline had their acquisition budgets slashed, and bankrupt collectors sold their masterpieces offshore because of the crash.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There are more young people involved: Thanos (Choi Seung-hyun), a former rapper, lost all his money in a cryptocurrency scam pushed by YouTuber Lee Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan), who was bankrupted as well (he’s also wanted for fraud), along with his former girlfriend, Kim Jun-hee (Jo Yu-ri).
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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
Elsewhere, the dilemma at the heart of the segment is whether Hanan and Salim would donate Noor’s organs to recipients in need (most likely Israeli recipients) when his untimely demise was the fault of a bankrupt system enforced by the Israeli occupation to begin it.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Museums that had opened in the corporate skyscrapers dotting the Tokyo skyline had their acquisition budgets slashed, and bankrupt collectors sold their masterpieces offshore because of the crash.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
Further, the tax, levied at extraction, would be borne by the entity enjoying the economic benefit of the well—rather than trying to chase down some marginal entity that never turned a profit or may have existed purely to be bankrupted and evade liability.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There are more young people involved: Thanos (Choi Seung-hyun), a former rapper, lost all his money in a cryptocurrency scam pushed by YouTuber Lee Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan), who was bankrupted as well (he’s also wanted for fraud), along with his former girlfriend, Kim Jun-hee (Jo Yu-ri).
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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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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
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The medication has hallucinogenic effects that alter the perception of sight and sound and cause users to feel devoid from pain and out of control of their surroundings.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
28 Oct. 2023
Verb
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Ancient people weren't about to let these pests ruin their crops or their lives.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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The film ends with Ross going full Red Hulk in the White House Rose Garden (oops), nearly ruining his legacy (Sterns’ real prize) and ultimately forcing him to admit his wrongdoing, give up his office, and head to The Raft to serve an undetermined amount of time in the floating prison.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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However, rumors that the derelict mansion in the video was Jordan’s have since been debunked.—
Megan Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
19 Sep. 2024
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Maine’s housing stock skews old, with high rates of derelict and seasonally vacant properties.—
Donovan Lynch,
NBC News,
4 Aug. 2024
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 Raiders in the past have been hamstrung by their ability to do large signing bonuses, by adding void years, and by converting salary cap to cash to create cap space.—
Emile Nuh,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Inside Oakland’s two courthouses, numerous courtrooms were void and dark without court clerks to record proceedings.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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At this point, there is no indication of any further extensions of the protections against negative credit reporting associated with delinquent or defaulted federal student loans.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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So there's a real tug-of-war between being grateful, and feeling destitute and rudderless.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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After years of war and revolution, Nicaragua was destitute; there was no money for street signs.—
Tim Golden,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 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 1 Mar. 2025.
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