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indigent

[in-di-juhnt]

adjective

  1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. Archaic.

    1. deficient in what is requisite.

    2. destitute (usually followed byof ).



noun

  1. a person who is indigent.

indigent

/ ˈɪԻɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy

  2. archaic(usually foll by of) lacking (in) or destitute (of)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an impoverished person

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • indigently adverb
  • ˈԻ徱Գ noun
  • ˈԻ徱Գٱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indigent1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin indigent-, stem of Ի徱ŧԲ “needing, lacking,” present participle of Ի徱ŧ “to need, lack, be poor,” from ind-, variant of in- in- 2 ( indagate ) + -ŧ, combining form of ŧ “to need, lack”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indigent1

C14: from Latin Ի徱ŧ to need, from ŧ to lack
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Example Sentences

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In it, he condemned “wealthy owners and all masters” who sought to profit off “the indigent and destitute.”

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As a young immigration lawyer in California’s Central Valley, Matthew Barragan cut his teeth defending the rights of indigent workers facing deportation.

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To avoid paying the SEC judgments, prosecutors say, Bilzerian falsely represented that he was indigent.

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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.

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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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