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indigent

[ in-di-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. Archaic.
    1. deficient in what is requisite.
    2. destitute (usually followed by of ).


noun

  1. a person who is indigent.

indigent

/ 藞瑟苍诲瑟诲萧蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy
  2. archaic.
    usually foll by of lacking (in) or destitute (of)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an impoverished person
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞颈苍诲颈驳别苍肠别, noun
  • 藞颈苍诲颈驳别苍迟濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍顎僤颈路驳别苍迟路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of indigent1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin indigent-, stem of 颈苍诲颈驳脓苍蝉 鈥渘eeding, lacking,鈥 present participle of 颈苍诲颈驳脓谤别 鈥渢o need, lack, be poor,鈥 from ind-, variant of in- in- 2 ( indagate ) + -颈驳脓谤别, combining form of 别驳脓谤别 鈥渢o need, lack鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of indigent1

C14: from Latin 颈苍诲颈驳脓谤别 to need, from 别驳脓谤别 to lack
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To avoid paying the SEC judgments, prosecutors say, Bilzerian falsely represented that he was indigent.

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What galls her is that 鈥渋t鈥檚 so often the case that a person with a disability has to make themselves indigent in order to qualify for what they need,鈥 Smith said.

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And in North Carolina, the campaign is narrowly focused on promoting Democrats鈥 successful efforts to expand Medicaid, which will extend nearly-free government health insurance to thousands of people and reduce the indigent population for hospitals.

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Clark, who now represents indigent clients on criminal appeals, looks back on the Schaeffer case and thinks about how dimly people, herself included, grasped the stalking phenomenon in 1989.

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鈥淎s long as there is no option of sleeping indoors, the government cannot criminalize indigent, homeless people for sleeping outdoors on public property,鈥 the court said in 2018.

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