adjective / verb / noun
bankrupt
BANGK-rupt/ˈbæŋkrʌpt/
Unable to pay outstanding debts.
The bankrupt debtor faces the judge with almost no money.
Etymology
The “broken bench” was probably a figurative image of a failed moneylender’s business, giving bankrupt its sense of being unable to pay debts.
In context
the man is almost bankrupt trying to acquire all kinds of things and i don't know why he's bothering us in los angeles
More examples
- The costly lawsuit bankrupted his small business.
- She called the policy morally bankrupt.
- The court recorded the assets of the bankrupt.
Forms
bankrupt · bankrupts · bankrupted · bankrupting
bankruptcy noun — Inability to pay outstanding debts.