indigent
adjective
lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
indigents
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pluralof indigent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The law allows public defenders to represent only indigents.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2019
By late afternoon, old indigents with hennaed beards filled many of the alleyways, prostrate in nests of discarded twigs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
When it becomes apparent, with the approach of evening, that the city cannot house all its indigents, those already in the library decide to stay there overnight.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019
Nothing fancy or pretentious at this humble site, a resting place established for city indigents in the 1870s.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2019
People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
