kaput

Example Sentences

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“There’s too much injustice and corruption. Nothing is going well. Tourism is kaput. Tunisia is kaput.”

From New York Times

Was it that the silver medalist pretty much considered himself kaput, then grew stunned to become the silver medalist?

From Washington Post

After a dismal stage show and a failed movie, with few friends and fewer opportunities, Mason thought his career was kaput.

From Salon

Those original machines she packed up from Central District have gone kaput; they were restaurant-grade, but not made for mass production.

From Seattle Times

That also describes the families Singer served, alpha tycoons and go-getters seen pacing anxiously in front of swimming pools, who believed their child’s life was kaput without a slot at a top university.

From New York Times