indigent
pronunciation
How to pronounce indigent in British English:
UK [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]
How to pronounce indigent in American English:
US [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]
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- Adjective:
- poor enough to need help from others
Word Origin
- indigent (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigentem (see indigence). As a noun, "poor person," from early 15c.
Example
- 1. Glasgow and edinburgh were inundated with indigent refugees .
- 2. The town government is responsible for assistance to indigent people .
- 3. A judge normally appoints the attorney for an indigent defendant at the defendant 's first court .
- 4. That 's an indigent country .
- 5. Aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped .