Essentially bankrupt, Edward was forced to cut his losses.

China, following the conclusion of its civil war, was essentially bankrupt.

And at the end of the quarter, the agency calculated that 497 institutions were essentially bankrupt, down from 509.

They're essentially bankrupt and within the next year, if not sooner, they'll be acquired by Verizon.

With his country essentially bankrupt, he left only admiring notes in the factory guest books but placed no orders.

The new country emerged essentially bankrupt from the war against Spain.

Nation states are not so much ungovernable as unfundable, essentially bankrupt and therefore vulnerable to political upheaval.

Cocaine is crucial to the Peruvian economy, which is essentially bankrupt.

It took that long because the Japanese government was overwhelmed - 66 cities had been bombed during the war - and essentially bankrupt.

He said both clients had been left essentially bankrupt by legal costs.