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indigent

adjective

in·​di·​gent ˈin-di-jənt How to pronounce indigent (audio)
1
: suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
2
a
archaic : deficient
b
archaic : totally lacking in something specified
indigent noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

… every day, I fled the house and drove aimlessly over mountain roads that passed by indigent farms and strange, unpainted churches. Mark Singer, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2000 & 1 Jan. 2001 A land post was offered him in November, 1765, as Governor of Greenwich Hospital, a shelter for disabled and indigent seamen and a place affording many openings for jobbery (the contemporary term for bureaucratic graft). Barbara W. Tuchman, The First Salute, 1988 He went around climbing dark stairs and knocking on doors and taking flash photos of indigent families in their dwellings. E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime, (1974) 1975 Because he was indigent, the court appointed a lawyer to defend him. The clinic provides free care for indigent patients.
Recent Examples on the Web Unlike other hospitals, Fulton and DeKalb counties jointly own Grady Health System, which has its main hospital in downtown Atlanta and network of clinics that serve medically needy and indigent residents. Katherine Landergan, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022 Both were found to be indigent but didn't have attorneys appointed to represent them at their bail hearings. Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022 Recognizing court costs can prove an insurmountable hurdle for some people that can tie them to the courts, state lawmakers this past session passed legislation that eliminates all costs, assessments and fees for those determined to be indigent. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022 Fulton and DeKalb counties jointly own Grady Health System, whose main hospital in downtown Atlanta and network of clinics serve medically needy and indigent residents. Ariel Hart, ajc, 13 Apr. 2022 After the Supreme Court ruled in the late 1960s that indigent criminal defendants were entitled to legal representation, Mr. Harris was appointed the first chief defender of Baltimore, whose office operated out of Legal Aid. Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 3 Mar. 2022 Let China cope with the double-dealing, back-stabbing, perpetually indigent Pakistani government. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021 Moira Buckley, who represents indigent criminal defendants in the federal courts as an attorney with the Office of Federal Public Defender in Hartford. Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2021 Much of the hearing focused on Judge Jackson and Ms. Jackson-Akiwumi, both Black women who have experience as federal public defenders representing indigent criminal defendants. Brent Kendall, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin indigent-, indigens, present participle of indigēre to need, from Old Latin indu + Latin egēre to need; perhaps akin to Old High German echerode poor

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of indigent was in the 15th century

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