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indigent
/ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
available, many, rich
VERB + INDIGENT
program, think
INDIGENT + NOUN
borrowers, children, fortune, misfortune, patients, soldier, stranger
ADV.
obviously
Definitions
adj
1
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.
2
Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.
Again some Bodies dissolve both in Fire and Water, as Gums; &c. And these are such, as have both Plenty of Spirit; and their tangible Parts indigent of Moisture: the former promotes the Dilatation of the Spirits by the Fire and the latter stimulates the Parts to receive the Liquor.
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 […]
noun
1
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — poor enough to need help from others
- destitute
- impoverished
- necessitous
- needy
- poverty-stricken
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]
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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.
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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 Ca
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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.
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The influx of indigents overwhelmed the city's meagre social services and affordable accommodation.
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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
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