bankrupt

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈbæŋ.krəpt/ or /ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈbæŋk.rəpt/ or /ˈbæŋk.rʌpt/

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Adjective

Positive bankrupt

Comparative more bankrupt

Superlative most bankrupt

1. If you are bankrupt you have declared bankruptcy (protection by law from debt you cannot pay).

   I don't have to pay now because I am bankrupt.

2. (informal) If you are bankrupt you have no money.

   I have been bankrupt all summer.

3. (informal) If you are bankrupt of something, you do not have that thing. For example, someone who is "morally bankrupt" has no morals.

   We can't survive if our country becomes morally bankrupt.

Synonyms

• (out of money) broke, poor

Related words

• bank
• bankruptcy

Verb

Plain form bankrupt

Third-person singular bankrupts

Past tense bankrupted

Past participle bankrupted

Present participle bankrupting

1. (transitive) If you bankrupt someone, you make them bankrupt.