indigent

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  1. adjective Experiencing want or need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.
  2. adjective Archaic Lacking or deficient.
  3. noun A needy or destitute person.

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  • This creep claims he is "indigent" -- but can afford at least $200,000 to get out of jail??? —  KWTX - HomePage - Headlines
  • Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. —  BloggerRadio.com
  • Nothing focuses the mind of the professionally indigent -- and those set up to serve them -- more than the vision of globs of money descending upon them from the Great Father in Washington. —  AMERICAN DIGEST
  • The root of their problem goes well beyond a hot meal or warm bed, and the few mental health and substance abuse resources available to the indigent are ill-fit for the job at hand. —  Gazette.com :
  • Many soon found themselves indigent, and some were homeless, compelled to sleep on park benches in the cold night. —  Independent Media Center: Japan
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin indigēns, indigent-, present participle of indigēre, to need : indu-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + egēre, to lack.

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  1. from French indigent = Spanish Portuguese Italian indigente, from Latin indigen(t-)s, needy, present participle of indigere, need, be in want of, from indu, in, + egere, need, be in want.
 

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