bankrupt
Definition
- n. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
- v. reduce to bankruptcy
- adj. financially ruined
Word forms
- Past participle
- bankrupted
- Past tense
- bankrupted
- Third person singular
- bankrupts
- Present participle
- bankrupting
Example sentences
n.
After losing his business, he became a bankrupt and had to start over.
a.
She was declared bankrupt after failing to pay her debts.
vt.
The sudden expenses could bankrupt even the most careful planner.