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indigent

adj
/ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt/

Etymology

From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).

  1. derived from indigēns
  2. derived from indigent
  3. inherited from indigent

Definitions

  1. Poor

    Poor; destitute; in need.

    • Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]
    • And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.
    • I had since my introduction to the prince been sensitive to the fact that he must think an obviously indigent soldier of fortune will sooner or later open the subject of a subscription to the Greek Cause.

  2. Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.

    • Will Providence guard us? How do I ſee that our Sex is naturally Indigent of Protection?—I hope it is in Fate to crown our Loves; for 'tis only in the Protection of Men of Honour, that we are naturally truly Safe […]

  3. A person in need, or in poverty.

    • I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known.
    • The influx of indigents overwhelmed the city's meagre social services and affordable accommodation.
    • Then in 2005 a Republican-led Congress passed a bill requiring millions of low-income people to pay higher co-payments and premiums under Medicaid. The result was that many more indigents had to forgo care.

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Derived

indigently, nonindigent, unindigent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA