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indigent
[ in-di-juhnt ]
adjective
- lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
Synonyms: distressed, penurious, necessitous
- Archaic.
- deficient in what is requisite.
- destitute (usually followed by of ).
noun
- a person who is indigent.
indigent
/ ˈɪndɪdʒənt /
adjective
- so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy
- archaic.usually foll by of lacking (in) or destitute (of)
noun
- an impoverished person
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Derived Forms
- ˈindigence, noun
- ˈindigently, adverb
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Other Words From
- indi·gent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indigent1
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Example Sentences
The lawyers of ArchCity Defenders specialize in representing the indigent and the homeless.
In addition, many Texans believed that the role of helping the indigent belonged to the church.
She emphasizes that the indigent detainees who will benefit from this program are not all undocumented.
For instance, minority doctors are more likely to go on to work among indigent or underserved populations after medical school.
Herrera is seeking to have the city reimbursed for its care of indigent patients it claims were dumped there by Nevada.
We make fast the doors of our lighted houses against the indigent and the hungry.
The indigent Jakut exchanges his most valuable furs and skins for a few ounces of the "Circassian weed."
And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner.
John Porteous was born of indigent parents near the city of Edinburgh; and he served his time as an apprentice to a tailor.
Rail not at a guest, nor from thy gate thrust him; treat well the indigent; they will speak well of thee.
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