bankrupt cart
A one-horse chaise.
" No, no, I was too prudent when I was young to risk the expenses of a bankrupt cart, and now I am old I am too wise to attempt the difficult art of driving one."
VERBS
be
become, go
Many small businesses became bankrupt after the pandemic forced them to close.
adjudge sb, adjudicate sb, declare sb, make sb
The court will adjudge him bankrupt if he cannot pay his debts within six months.
ADV
almost, nearly, virtually
economically, ideologically, morally
The company went morally bankrupt long before it ran out of money.
PREP
of
The struggling company was bankrupt of resources and couldn't pay its employees.