Timeline for What's a word that means "once rich but now poor"?
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| Jan 27, 2023 at 7:51 | comment | added | gnasher729 | Insolvent means you can’t pay your bills. You can be quite poor and not insolvent because you reduce what you spend. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 21:10 | comment | added | David K | Insolvent implies you are in trouble, which leads to suffering (at least suffering calls from creditors). The question says the person is not suffering, just not affluent any more. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 15:56 | comment | added | FD_bfa | Yes, that is mentioned in my answer @Barmar | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 15:55 | comment | added | Barmar | This is mostly used for businesses, not people. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 0:03 | comment | added | user770884 | Note that insolvent does not necessarily imply previous wealth, only a present lack thereof, and so may not work in this context. | |
| Jan 24, 2023 at 21:27 | comment | added | Doug Warren | An alternative form of "[gone] bust" is "busted": dictionary.com/browse/busted | |
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| S Jan 24, 2023 at 19:57 | history | answered | FD_bfa | CC BY-SA 4.0 |