Sample sentences for BANKRUPT - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
company went bankrupt

Definition

legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed

or (informally): the state of having little or no money

bankrupt = legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed

or (informally): the state of having little or no money

Other Uses (with this meaning)

bankruptcy = the state of having been legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed

bankruptcy = the state of having been legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed

Unfortunately for them, this didn't get them any money, as the United States was beyond bankruptcy.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

bankruptcy = the inability to pay money that is owed

Every human being held it as an article of faith that the farm would go bankrupt sooner or later, and, above all, that the windmill would be a failure.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

bankrupt = legally declared unable to pay money that is owed

"Not the greatest specimen," Mack says, "but I got her cheap from this bankrupt circus out west."
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

bankrupt = having to shutdown because it is unable to pay money that it owed

But the school had gone bankrupt, which perhaps should have made them think twice.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

bankrupt = legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed

A former Salem minister, George Burroughs, had had to borrow money to pay for his wife's funeral, and, since the parish was remiss in his salary, he was soon bankrupt.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

bankrupt = legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed

bankrupt = legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- I Have a Dream

bankrupt = unable to meet its obligations

2 —as in:
bankrupt idea

Definition

without value

bankrupt = without value

bankruptcy = without value

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