Sekirov Dictionary

indigent

/ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

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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; […] — 1830
(no longer used) Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.

noun1

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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. — 1975

forms

indigents · more indigent · most indigent

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