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not having enough money to pay debts
The company has become insolvent. insolvent debtors
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Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
According to projections from the 2025 Trustees Report, the Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) trust fund is expected to become insolvent by 2033.
—Eugene Litvak, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The group found that Trump’s agenda would make the government program insolvent in six years, shrinking the current timeline by a third, and expanding Social Security’s cash shortfall by trillions of dollars.
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—Kristian Burt, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The trust funds for Social Security benefits and Medicare’s hospital insurance are projected to become insolvent in roughly seven years.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
According to projections from the 2025 Trustees Report, the Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) trust fund is expected to become insolvent by 2033.
—Eugene Litvak, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
This omnibus pledge can have the effect of rendering the debtor insolvent such that any transfer that the debtor tries to make for asset protection purposes is voidable by a creditor.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The group found that Trump’s agenda would make the government program insolvent in six years, shrinking the current timeline by a third, and expanding Social Security’s cash shortfall by trillions of dollars.
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—Kristian Burt, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insolvent
bankrupt
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Then the country’s primary distributor of print books to public libraries went bankrupt after nearly 200 years, dissolving early this year.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The story centers on Zha, a janitor at a bankrupt, long-shuttered film studio who retreats into a virtual world, cultivating an online romance and dreaming of a voyage to the Moon.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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