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BANKRUPT

Pronunciation (US):

• BANKRUPT (noun)
The noun BANKRUPT has 1 sense:

1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Familiarity information: BANKRUPT used as a noun is very rare.

• BANKRUPT (adjective)
The adjective BANKRUPT has 1 sense:

1. financially ruined

Familiarity information: BANKRUPT used as an adjective is very rare.

• BANKRUPT (verb)
The verb BANKRUPT has 1 sense:

1. reduce to bankruptcy

Familiarity information: BANKRUPT used as a verb is very rare.

• BANKRUPT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bankrupt; insolvent

Hypernyms ("bankrupt" is a kind of...):

failure; loser; nonstarter; unsuccessful person (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)

• BANKRUPT (adjective)

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Meaning:

Financially ruined

Synonyms:

bankrupt; belly-up

Context examples:

a bankrupt company / the company went belly-up

Similar:

insolvent (unable to meet or discharge financial obligations)

• BANKRUPT (verb)

Sense 1

bankrupt ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Reduce to bankruptcy

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bankrupt; ruin; smash; break

Context examples:

My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me! / The slump in the financial markets smashed him

Hypernyms (to "bankrupt" is one way to...):

impoverish (make poor)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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(English proverb)
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(Bulgarian proverb)
"He who peeps at the neighbor's window may chance to lose his eyes."
(Arabic proverb)
"Have faith and God will provide."
(Corsican proverb)

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