bankrupting
Draining all funds
Bankrupting is causing financial ruin or depleting resources entirely.
A company may face lawsuits bankrupting it within months.
The term extends beyond money: The scandal was bankrupting his reputation.
Something bankrupting drains what was once abundant—whether funds, credibility, or goodwill.
State of extreme deprivation
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- pauperismCondition of being destitute
beggary · dispossession · wiping out · loss · downfall · undoing · destruction · annihilation
Inability to pay debts
- creditorsThose owed payment
- defaultPreset standard option
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
receivership · arrears · delinquency · repossession · liabilities · unpaid · restructuring · garnishment
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- undercapitalizationInsufficient business funding level
- unprofitabilityState of not earning
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
- deficitAmount still owed
insufficiency · collapse · folding · going under · shuttering · closing · bust · flop
Depleting one's stamina
- depletingProgressively using up
- bleeding dryDepleting all resources gradually
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- consumingUsing up entirely
draining · costly · expensive · ruinous · crippling · unsustainable · hemorrhaging · burdensome
impoverishment
State of extreme deprivation
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
pauperism · beggary · dispossession · wiping out · loss · downfall · undoing · destruction · annihilation · ruination
insolvency
Inability to pay debts
- creditorsThose owed payment
- defaultPreset standard option
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
liquidation · receivership · arrears · delinquency · repossession · liabilities · unpaid · restructuring · garnishment · levy
mismanagement
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- undercapitalizationInsufficient business funding level
- unprofitabilityState of not earning
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
deficit · insufficiency · collapse · folding · going under · shuttering · closing · bust · flop · insolvency
exhausting
Depleting one's stamina
- depletingProgressively using up
- bleeding dryDepleting all resources gradually
- sappingGradually draining vitality
consuming · draining · costly · expensive · ruinous · crippling · unsustainable · hemorrhaging · burdensome · overwhelming
bankruptingenriching
Adding worth or nutrients
prospering · capitalizing · funding · financing · endowing
bankruptingsustaining
Maintaining over time
saving · rescuing · bailing out · supporting · propping up
bankruptingsustaining
Maintaining over time
replenishing · restoring · revitalizing · reinvigorating · bolstering