adj relating to persons unable to pay their debts.
2. insolvent ·adj not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.
3. insolvent ·noun one who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor;
in england, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.
4. insolvent ·adj not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.