insolvent

adjective/ɪnˈsɑlvənt/

Frequency rank: #14,903 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

unable to pay one's debts; bankrupt

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Example sentence

The company was declared insolvent after it could no longer pay its debts.

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