Idiom
morally bankrupt
Meaning
Having no morals, unethical.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That company is morally bankrupt.”
“The politician was considered morally bankrupt after he stole money from the charity fund.”
“The critics argued that the corporation was morally bankrupt, as it prioritized record profits over the safety and well-being of its workers.”
Examples
simple
“That company is morally bankrupt.”
contextual
“The politician was considered morally bankrupt after he stole money from the charity fund.”
complex
“The critics argued that the corporation was morally bankrupt, as it prioritized record profits over the safety and well-being of its workers.”
Origin
From the term bankrupt, used in the sense of a person or entity completely lacking a particular quality. The construction applies the financial state of insolvency to the sphere of ethics.
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