not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.

pertaining to bankrupt persons or bankruptcy.

a person who is insolvent.

adjective

moneyed , rich , solvent , wealthy

adjective

bankrupt , broke * , broken , busted , failed , foreclosed , in chapter 11 , in chapter 13 , indebted , in receivership , in the red , lost , on the rocks , out of money , strapped * , taken to the cleaners , unbalanced , undone , wiped out , broke , impoverished , penniless , ruined