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   Bank·rupt

   /ˈbaNGkrəpt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or organization) declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts: "his father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home" Similar insolventbankruptedfailedruinedwiped outgone underin debtowing moneyin the redin arrearsin administrationin receivershipinformal:bustbelly upgone to the wallon the rocksbrokeflat brokeinformal, dated:smashedinformal:skintstony brokecleaned outin Queer Streetinformal, dated:in Carey StreetOpposite solvent
   • ▪ impoverished or depleted: "a bankrupt country with no natural resources"
   • 2. completely lacking in a particular quality or value: "their cause is morally bankrupt" Similar completely lacking inwithoutbereft ofexhausted ofdevoid ofempty ofdepleted ofdestitute ofvacant ofbare ofdenuded ofdeprived ofin need ofwantinginformal:minussansOpposite teeming with

   noun

   • 1. a person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of creditors.

   verb

   • 1. reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy: "the strike nearly bankrupted the union"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (see bank2) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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