Examples of morally bankrupt in a Sentence
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Continually placing financial stress on our hospitals and denying consistent, desperately needed care to undocumented individuals is financially imprudent—and morally bankrupt.
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Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Unless stopped, Trump and the Republicans who follow him may go down as the most merciless and morally bankrupt leaders this country has ever produced.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Harvard University alumnus Shabbos Kestenbaum rips university for 'morally bankrupt, anti-American' policies.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
Anchored in a murder-mystery plot, the show explores themes of wealth and privilege through a cast of characters that range from morally blind to morally bankrupt.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
There are almost no redeeming characters in the movie — every cardinal is morally bankrupt/repulsive.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
He is portrayed as morally bankrupt and the reason for senseless violence and evil within America.
—Jude Reid, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2024
Amid the show’s election year resurgence, the Golden Globe winner reasoned that her morally bankrupt politician character Selina Meyer is more like Donald Trump than his opponent Kamala Harris.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2024
And speaking of morally bankrupt…politicians Bernie Moreno, [Texas Rep.] Chip Roy, J.D. Vance and Donald Trump then spoke in my son’s name and used his death for political gain.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
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Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Unless stopped, Trump and the Republicans who follow him may go down as the most merciless and morally bankrupt leaders this country has ever produced.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Harvard University alumnus Shabbos Kestenbaum rips university for 'morally bankrupt, anti-American' policies.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
Anchored in a murder-mystery plot, the show explores themes of wealth and privilege through a cast of characters that range from morally blind to morally bankrupt.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
There are almost no redeeming characters in the movie — every cardinal is morally bankrupt/repulsive.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025
He is portrayed as morally bankrupt and the reason for senseless violence and evil within America.
—Jude Reid, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2024
Amid the show’s election year resurgence, the Golden Globe winner reasoned that her morally bankrupt politician character Selina Meyer is more like Donald Trump than his opponent Kamala Harris.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2024
And speaking of morally bankrupt…politicians Bernie Moreno, [Texas Rep.] Chip Roy, J.D. Vance and Donald Trump then spoke in my son’s name and used his death for political gain.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Morally bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morally%20bankrupt. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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