bankrupt
Example Sentences
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It was hugely successful, but we had a flood nine months after we opened, which bankrupted us, theoretically bankrupt, but we were able to climb out.
First Brands Group has been unable to find financing or a buyer to continue most of its companywide operations, the bankrupt auto-parts supplier said as it laid off employees in its aftermarket businesses Monday.
Two executives of bankrupt telecommunications business Mobileum conspired to inflate the company’s profit ahead of a private-equity buyout, federal prosecutors alleged in a criminal indictment.
“It went bankrupt, didn’t pay any of its creditors. But I still get a disability check from Sky Trails, every single month.”
From Literature
“It is legally indefensible, morally bankrupt and completely untethered from the scientific record.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
