Law . a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.

any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or her.

a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality

a moral bankrupt.

Law . subject to or under legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.

at the end of one's resources; lacking (usually fol. by of or in )

bankrupt of compassion; bankrupt in good manners.

pertaining to bankrupts or bankruptcy.

to make bankrupt

His embezzlement bankrupted the company.

adjective

rich , solvent , wealthy

adjective

broke , depleted , destitute , exhausted , failed , impoverished , in chapter 11 , insolvent , lacking , lost , out of business , ruined , spent , tapped out , barren , belly-up , busted , default , deprived , destroyed , devour , drain , failure , impecunious , indebted , liquidation , on the rocks , penniless , poor , ruin , sap , strip , stripped

verb

break , bust , impoverish , pauperize , break down , cross up , demolish , finish , ruin , shatter , sink , smash , spoil , torpedo , undo , wash up , wrack , wreck