1. Financially ruined
   "a bankrupt company";
   - belly-up [informal], bust [informal]
    
2. Without a good quality
   "Can a morally bankrupt government credibly take a moral stand on anything?"

1. Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
   "After the business failed, he was declared bankrupt";
   - insolvent

1. Reduce to bankruptcy
   "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to bankrupt me!";
   - ruin, break, smash

Derived forms: bankrupted, bankrupting, bankrupts

See also: insolvent

Type of: failure, impoverish, loser, no-hoper [informal], nonstarter, unsuccessful person

Encyclopedia: Bankrupt