Bankrupt
adjective
Having absolutely no money or assets, unable to pay debts.
After a series of bad investments, he was completely bankrupt.
Often appears as...
- declare bankrupt
- go bankrupt
noun
A person who is officially declared unable to pay their debts.
He filed for becoming a bankrupt last week due to his financial situation.
Often appears as...
- file for bankruptcy
- declare oneself bankrupt
verb
Make someone absolutely without money or assets.
His addiction has bankrupted his entire family.
Often appears as...
- bankrupt someone
- be bankrupted
adjective
Lacking in a particular quality or value.
Their plan is bankrupt of any logic or sense.
Often appears as...
- bankrupt of ideas
- bankrupt of humanity
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Having absolutely no money or assets, unable to pay debts.
After a series of bad investments, he was completely bankrupt.
Often appears as...
- declare bankrupt
- go bankrupt
noun
A person who is officially declared unable to pay their debts.
He filed for becoming a bankrupt last week due to his financial situation.
Often appears as...
- file for bankruptcy
- declare oneself bankrupt
verb
Make someone absolutely without money or assets.
His addiction has bankrupted his entire family.
Often appears as...
- bankrupt someone
- be bankrupted
adjective
Lacking in a particular quality or value.
Their plan is bankrupt of any logic or sense.
Often appears as...
- bankrupt of ideas
- bankrupt of humanity
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Severity of Debt
Bankrupt often suggests financial ruin, not just temporary money issues.
The company was bankrupt, unable to continue its operations.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Process
Being bankrupt may involve a legal process to recognize the inability to repay debts.
She had to attend court after declaring herself bankrupt.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Context
'Go bankrupt' often refers to businesses failing, not just individuals.
If sales don't improve, our shop might go bankrupt.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity of Debt
Bankrupt often suggests financial ruin, not just temporary money issues.
The company was bankrupt, unable to continue its operations.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Process
Being bankrupt may involve a legal process to recognize the inability to repay debts.
She had to attend court after declaring herself bankrupt.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Context
'Go bankrupt' often refers to businesses failing, not just individuals.
If sales don't improve, our shop might go bankrupt.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity of Debt
Bankrupt often suggests financial ruin, not just temporary money issues.
The company was bankrupt, unable to continue its operations.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Process
Being bankrupt may involve a legal process to recognize the inability to repay debts.
She had to attend court after declaring herself bankrupt.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Context
'Go bankrupt' often refers to businesses failing, not just individuals.
If sales don't improve, our shop might go bankrupt.
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Thomas Barnett:...
We argue about it every time we use it. Argentina just went through it, broke a lot of rules. They got out on the far end, we said, "Fine, don't worry about it." It's transparent. A certain amount of certainty gives the sense of a non-zero outcome. We don't have one for processing politically bankrupt states
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Food Security in an...
local farming movement which are very supportive of how to create more crops closer to where we sell the food that we want to produce and the other point I think is really important is the food waste point food waste is such a kind of it's all morally bankrupt the amount of
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Unintended consequences...
all about typesetting really was was smitten by this machine unfortunately he was smitten in more ways than one because it made him bankrupt and he had to tour the world speaking to to recoup his money and this was an important thing about 19th century technology that
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Could we treat spinal...
to the point of almost bankrupting my lab. But I kept pushing, because I knew these results could be the start of something extraordinary. And what's just as exciting is that my company is now translating these discoveries into the clinic -- into the real world.
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
lost enough loved ones in my life to know that time is energy it's our lifeblood when we drain it away it's gone our plans bankrupt so I had to get real and I'd like to get real here with you about what time that looks like and how I got the situation
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
went bankrupt and i i think you have said that part of the reason for that was that you overestimated the extent to which it was possible at that time to automate a a factory a huge amount was spent kind of over automating and it didn't work
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Auret van Heerden:...
But you lose that contract for a major brand name, that's the difference between staying in business or going bankrupt. That makes a difference. So what we've been able to do is we've been able to harness the power and the influence
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The surprising habits of...
What about fear? Originals feel fear, too. They're afraid of failing, but what sets them apart from the rest of us is that they're even more afraid of failing to try. They know you can fail by starting a business that goes bankrupt
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How to rebuild the...
is because when the economy is standing still, unless there is help, unless there is monetary policy stimulus, firms are going to go massively bankrupt, people would be unemployed,
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The Secret to Mastering...
But then in my 40s, I was just walloped by life. First I got cancer as a new dad of identical twin daughters. Then I almost went bankrupt. Then my dad had that suicide spree.
Video examples
Thomas Barnett:...
We argue about it every time we use it. Argentina just went through it, broke a lot of rules. They got out on the far end, we said, "Fine, don't worry about it." It's transparent. A certain amount of certainty gives the sense of a non-zero outcome. We don't have one for processing politically bankrupt states
Video examples
Food Security in an...
local farming movement which are very supportive of how to create more crops closer to where we sell the food that we want to produce and the other point I think is really important is the food waste point food waste is such a kind of it's all morally bankrupt the amount of
Video examples
Unintended consequences...
all about typesetting really was was smitten by this machine unfortunately he was smitten in more ways than one because it made him bankrupt and he had to tour the world speaking to to recoup his money and this was an important thing about 19th century technology that
Video examples
Could we treat spinal...
to the point of almost bankrupting my lab. But I kept pushing, because I knew these results could be the start of something extraordinary. And what's just as exciting is that my company is now translating these discoveries into the clinic -- into the real world.
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
lost enough loved ones in my life to know that time is energy it's our lifeblood when we drain it away it's gone our plans bankrupt so I had to get real and I'd like to get real here with you about what time that looks like and how I got the situation
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
went bankrupt and i i think you have said that part of the reason for that was that you overestimated the extent to which it was possible at that time to automate a a factory a huge amount was spent kind of over automating and it didn't work
Video examples
Auret van Heerden:...
But you lose that contract for a major brand name, that's the difference between staying in business or going bankrupt. That makes a difference. So what we've been able to do is we've been able to harness the power and the influence
Video examples
The surprising habits of...
What about fear? Originals feel fear, too. They're afraid of failing, but what sets them apart from the rest of us is that they're even more afraid of failing to try. They know you can fail by starting a business that goes bankrupt
Video examples
How to rebuild the...
is because when the economy is standing still, unless there is help, unless there is monetary policy stimulus, firms are going to go massively bankrupt, people would be unemployed,
Video examples
The Secret to Mastering...
But then in my 40s, I was just walloped by life. First I got cancer as a new dad of identical twin daughters. Then I almost went bankrupt. Then my dad had that suicide spree.
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Ali Smith
Scottish Writer
I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I sent them to some publishers and the fifth one who replied said they'd take them. Then they went bankrupt. Then that bankrupt publisher got bought by a bigger firm. Story: in the end is the beginning, and in the beginning is the end.
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Jo Nesbo
Norwegian Author
When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on paying back all his debts. That almost ruined the family. I was aware that my mother and father couldn't control things anymore. I guess I was afraid that we would end up on the street.
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Paul Ryan
American Politician
What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing.
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Shane Filan
Irish Musician
The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this twilight zone of not knowing where your life is going, and yet you're in Westlife. Everything was great with the band. I was earning money, and it looked good.
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Denis McDonough
American Public Servant
In my case, I played sports my whole life. I got out of college, and I didn't bother to get health care coverage because I just figured I didn't need it. But you know that if you blow out your knee on a basketball court or you get in a car accident, and you're uninsured, it can bankrupt you.
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Deb Haaland
American Politician
Too many American families go bankrupt from healthcare expenses, and low wage workers have to hold two or three jobs just to make ends meet, which leaves many young children without any hope of having a pre-K education - the most important start to a good education and a path out of poverty.
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Roseanne Barr
American Actress
I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.
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Ralph W. Sockman
American Leader
Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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Katy Perry
American Musician
I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.
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Chris Eubank Sr.
British Athlete
I'm not bankrupt of fun, life, my dignity, my character, my essence.
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Ali Smith
Scottish Writer
I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I sent them to some publishers and the fifth one who replied said they'd take them. Then they went bankrupt. Then that bankrupt publisher got bought by a bigger firm. Story: in the end is the beginning, and in the beginning is the end.
Quote examples
Jo Nesbo
Norwegian Author
When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on paying back all his debts. That almost ruined the family. I was aware that my mother and father couldn't control things anymore. I guess I was afraid that we would end up on the street.
Quote examples
Paul Ryan
American Politician
What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing.
Quote examples
Shane Filan
Irish Musician
The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this twilight zone of not knowing where your life is going, and yet you're in Westlife. Everything was great with the band. I was earning money, and it looked good.
Quote examples
Denis McDonough
American Public Servant
In my case, I played sports my whole life. I got out of college, and I didn't bother to get health care coverage because I just figured I didn't need it. But you know that if you blow out your knee on a basketball court or you get in a car accident, and you're uninsured, it can bankrupt you.
Quote examples
Deb Haaland
American Politician
Too many American families go bankrupt from healthcare expenses, and low wage workers have to hold two or three jobs just to make ends meet, which leaves many young children without any hope of having a pre-K education - the most important start to a good education and a path out of poverty.
Quote examples
Roseanne Barr
American Actress
I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.
Quote examples
Ralph W. Sockman
American Leader
Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
Quote examples
Katy Perry
American Musician
I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.
Quote examples
Chris Eubank Sr.
British Athlete
I'm not bankrupt of fun, life, my dignity, my character, my essence.
Example 1 of 10
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