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indigent
[in-di-juhnt]
adjective
lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
Synonyms: , ,Archaic.
deficient in what is requisite.
destitute (usually followed byof ).
noun
a person who is indigent.
indigent
/ ˈɪԻɪəԳ /
adjective
so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy
archaic(usually foll by of) lacking (in) or destitute (of)
noun
an impoverished person
Other 51Թ Forms
- indigently adverb
- ˈԻ徱Գ noun
- ˈԻ徱Գٱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of indigent1
Example Sentences
In it, he condemned “wealthy owners and all masters” who sought to profit off “the indigent and destitute.”
As a young immigration lawyer in California’s Central Valley, Matthew Barragan cut his teeth defending the rights of indigent workers facing deportation.
To avoid paying the SEC judgments, prosecutors say, Bilzerian falsely represented that he was indigent.
What galls her is that “it’s so often the case that a person with a disability has to make themselves indigent in order to qualify for what they need,” Smith said.
And in North Carolina, the campaign is narrowly focused on promoting Democrats’ successful efforts to expand Medicaid, which will extend nearly-free government health insurance to thousands of people and reduce the indigent population for hospitals.
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