What is "indigent" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does indigent mean in English? Meaning of indigent definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "indigent" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "indigent": poor enough to need help from others

Adjective

  • Meaning: poor enough to need help from others
  • Synonyms: destitute impoverished indigent necessitous needy poverty-stricken
  • Similar: poor
  • Adjective: Poor; destitute; in need. 1830, Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Thomas Ritchie (1830), page 422: Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […] 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: 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. 2011, Carla Ulbrich, How Can You Not Laugh at a Time Like This?: Reclaim Your Health With Humor, Creativity, and Grit, Tell Me Press (2011), ISBN 9780981645346, page 65: Because of this, when my second major health fiasco happened, I had no insurance, so I went to a teaching hospital where they took indigent patients. 2013, Larry J. Siegel & John L. Worral, Essentials of Criminal Justice, Wadsworth (2013), ISBN 9781111835569, page 162: In numerous Supreme Court decisions since Gideon v. Wainwright, the states have been required to provide counsel for indigent defendants at virtually all other stages of the criminal process, beginning with arrest and concluding with the defendant's release from the system.1830, Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Thomas Ritchie (1830), page 422: Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: 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.2011, Carla Ulbrich, How Can You Not Laugh at a Time Like This?: Reclaim Your Health With Humor, Creativity, and Grit, Tell Me Press (2011), ISBN 9780981645346, page 65: Because of this, when my second major health fiasco happened, I had no insurance, so I went to a teaching hospital where they took indigent patients.2013, Larry J. Siegel & John L. Worral, Essentials of Criminal Justice, Wadsworth (2013), ISBN 9781111835569, page 162: In numerous Supreme Court decisions since Gideon v. Wainwright, the states have been required to provide counsel for indigent defendants at virtually all other stages of the criminal process, beginning with arrest and concluding with the defendant's release from the system.
  • Synonyms:

    needy, penniless, impoverished, destitute, poverty-stricken, hard up, homeless, impecunious, penurious, necessitous, beggared, busted, down and out, flat broke, in want,

    Antonyms:

    wealthy, affluent, rich,

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