bankrupt

Universal Words adjective, noun, verb adjective 1 without enough money to pay what you owe: They went bankrupt in 1993. * The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court. 2 ~ (of sth) (formal, disapproving) completely lacking in anything that has value: a government bankrupt of new ideas * a society that is morally bankrupt noun (law) a person who has been judged by a court of law to be unable to pay his or her debts verb [VN] to make sb bankrupt: The company was almost bankrupted by legal costs.