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单词 indigent
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indigent


indigent

poor; impoverished; distressed: The indigent street people are often ignored.
Not to be confused with:indigenous – innate; inherent; natural; aboriginal: Remarkable agility is indigenous to the tribe.indignant – filled with anger at a person who is regarded as unjust, mean, or unworthy: She was indignant about her coworker’s accusations.

in·di·gent

I0106400 (ĭn′dĭ-jənt)adj.1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished: distributed food to indigent families.2. Archaic Lacking or deficient.n. A poor or destitute person.
[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.]
in′di·gent·ly adv.

indigent

(ˈɪndɪdʒənt) adj1. so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy2. (usually foll by of) archaic lacking (in) or destitute (of)nan impoverished person[C14: from Latin indigēre to need, from egēre to lack] ˈindigence n ˈindigently adv

in•di•gent

(ˈɪn dɪ dʒənt)

adj. 1. lacking the necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished. 2. Archaic. a. deficient in what is requisite. b. destitute (usu. fol. by of). n. 3. a person who is indigent. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin indigent-, s. of indigēns, present participle of indigēre to need, lack, be poor] in′di•gent•ly, adv.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.indigent - poor enough to need help from othersdestitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenpoor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

indigent

adjective (Formal) destitute, poor, impoverished, needy, penniless, poverty-stricken, down and out, in want, down at heel (informal), impecunious, dirt-poor, straitened, on the breadline, short, flat broke (informal), penurious, necessitous How can we persuade indigent peasants to stop slaughtering wildlife?
rich, wealthy, prosperous, affluent, well-off, well-to-do

indigent

adjectiveHaving little or no money or wealth:beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken.Informal: broke, strapped.Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers.nounAn impoverished person:beggar, down-and-out, down-and-outer, have-not, pauper.
Translations
άποροςindigenteindigentindigente

indigent


in·di·gent

(in'dij-ĕnt) Having insufficient income to pay for medical care or other living necessities. [L. indigentia, want or need]

indigent


Related to indigent: Medically Indigent

indigent

1) n. a person so poor and needy that he/she cannot provide the necessities of life (food, clothing, decent shelter) for himself/herself. 2) n. one without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case. If the court finds a person is an indigent, the court must appoint a public defender or other attorney to represent him/her. This Constitutional right of counsel for the indigent was determined by Gideon v. Wainright in 1963, when a penciled letter from a prisoner came to the attention of prominent Washington attorney Abe Fortas, who carried the case to the Supreme Court for free. Fortas later became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. 3) adj. referring to a person who is very poor and needy.

indigent


Related to indigent: Medically Indigent
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Synonyms for indigent

adj destitute

Synonyms

  • destitute
  • poor
  • impoverished
  • needy
  • penniless
  • poverty-stricken
  • down and out
  • in want
  • down at heel
  • impecunious
  • dirt-poor
  • straitened
  • on the breadline
  • short
  • flat broke
  • penurious
  • necessitous

Antonyms

  • rich
  • wealthy
  • prosperous
  • affluent
  • well-off
  • well-to-do

Synonyms for indigent

adj having little or no money or wealth

Synonyms

  • beggarly
  • destitute
  • down-and-out
  • impecunious
  • impoverished
  • necessitous
  • needy
  • penniless
  • penurious
  • poor
  • poverty-stricken
  • broke
  • strapped

noun an impoverished person

Synonyms

  • beggar
  • down-and-out
  • down-and-outer
  • have-not
  • pauper

Synonyms for indigent

adj poor enough to need help from others

Synonyms

  • destitute
  • impoverished
  • necessitous
  • needy
  • poverty-stricken

Related Words

  • poor
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