bankrupt
adjective /ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/Definition
C1 legal unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts: He went bankrupt after only a year in business. The recession has led to many small businesses going bankrupt.Poverty and poor › informal having no money: I shall go bankrupt if you children keep on asking for more pocket money!Poverty and poor › disapproving not having any good qualities: He believes that modern society is morally bankrupt.Lacking thingsScarce, inadequate and not enoughEssential or necessary
(Definition of bankrupt adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -less suffix
- bankruptcy noun
- be hard up (for sth) idiom
- bereft adjective
- catch verb (NOTICE)
- cry out for sth phrasal verb
- demand verb (NEED)
- deprived adjective
- lack verb
- lacking adjective
- minus preposition
- need sth like you need a hole in the head idiom
- need verb (MUST HAVE)
- scrape (the bottom of) the barrel idiom
- scream (out) for sth idiom
- short adjective (LACKING)
- shortage noun
- shy adjective (LESS)
- the cupboard is bare idiom
- vacuum noun (EMPTY SPACE)
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Lacking things
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