as in devoid
utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
the company's product development team was bankrupt of ideas
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as in derelict
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as in insolvent
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Recent Examples of bankrupt
Brady Dale, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Caustic put-downs of Milton Berle, Jim Henson, and Johnny Carson anticipate the partisan snark by which SNL would pillory Millennial conservatives as non-hip — the antiquated value that has bankrupt stand-up comedy today.
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Jan. 2025
Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The recent decision to overturn the state regulation may bankrupt those entities, backers of Act 10 have argued, according to AP.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Joshua Wong, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2019
From Henry Ford to Donald Trump, America has lionized business leaders (and shameless bankrupts) who disdain history.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 June 2019
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Adjective
Nishad Singh, who headed up the engineering team at bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sentenced in U.S. federal court to time served Wednesday for his role in the fraud that led to the company's collapse.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Caustic put-downs of Milton Berle, Jim Henson, and Johnny Carson anticipate the partisan snark by which SNL would pillory Millennial conservatives as non-hip — the antiquated value that has bankrupt stand-up comedy today.
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Jan. 2025
Verb
That, warns Boston University professor of economics Laurence Kotlikoff, would bankrupt the system even quicker, since those taxes are revenue streams keeping it afloat.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The recent decision to overturn the state regulation may bankrupt those entities, backers of Act 10 have argued, according to AP.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
China’s Hong Kong puppet regime, albeit bankrupt of any legitimacy, is still unwilling to cede power to the people.
—Joshua Wong, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2019
From Henry Ford to Donald Trump, America has lionized business leaders (and shameless bankrupts) who disdain history.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrupt
Adjective
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Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2023
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The medication has hallucinogenic effects that alter the perception of sight and sound and cause users to feel devoid from pain and out of control of their surroundings.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
28 Oct. 2023
Verb
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2025
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Well, Neptune and his Wildcats might just be ruining the convenient narrative.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, rumors that the derelict mansion in the video was Jordan’s have since been debunked.—
Megan Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
19 Sep. 2024
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Maine’s housing stock skews old, with high rates of derelict and seasonally vacant properties.—
Donovan Lynch,
NBC News,
4 Aug. 2024
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The group found that Trump’s agenda would make the government program insolvent in six years, shrinking the current timeline by a third, and expanding Social Security’s cash shortfall by trillions of dollars. 5.—
Kristian Burt,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2024
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Trump's change would make Social Security’s retirement trust fund insolvent more thanone year earlier – in early 2032 instead of late 2033 -- and the initial 21% cut across the board would deepen to a 25% cut, CRFB said.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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If Rodgers returns in 2025, the cap hit is small for a veteran quarterback ($23.5 million) but that doesn’t factor in that $35 million roster bonus, which would be prorated through 2029 for cap purposes (due to void years, used to spread out a cap hit even when a player is no longer on the roster).—
Zack Rosenblatt,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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But when Panamanians set foot in the Canal Zone, their citizenship rights were void and they could be prosecuted under different laws and regulations.—
Rolando Arrieta,
NPR,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The second oldest juvenile delinquent: Lana Habash.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2024
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After all, the recruitment of delinquents shows the desperate lengths Moscow must now go to with the Ukraine war draining its resources, Western intelligence officials point out.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 Dec. 2024
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That was, until big-hearted border officers took in these destitute immigrants, who found new lives in America as Selma and Lieu, Petunia and Peanut, Cupid, Penelope, Selena and Floyd.—
Lauren Villagran,
Austin American-Statesman,
2 Jan. 2025
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Then, in 1888, its acres were set aside for disabled and destitute veterans.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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On The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, these now-geriatric degenerates will duke it out for the only prize worth fighting for: making their kids proud.—
Emma Sharpe,
Vulture,
14 Aug. 2024
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There’s the medieval brutality: Gómez was a homicidal degenerate who collected torture methods instead of stamps.—
Tim Padgett,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Aug. 2024
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“Bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupt. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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