indigent

(ĭn'dĭ-jənt)
adj.

1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished. See synonyms at poor.
2. Archaic. Lacking or deficient.

n.
A needy or destitute person.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin indigēns, indigent-, present participle of indigēre, to need : indu-, in + egēre, to lack.]

indigently in'di·gent·ly adv.

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adjective

Having 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. See rich/poor.

noun

An impoverished person: beggar, down-and-out, down-and-outer, have-not, pauper. See rich/poor.

adj

Definition: poor
Antonyms: rich, wealthy

Generally, a person who is poor, financially destitute; in a legal context, a person found by a court to be unable to hire a lawyer or otherwise meet the expense of defending a criminal matter, at which point defense counsel is appointed by the court. Such status also affects his responsibility to pay a criminal fine, 497 P. 2d 523, 525; to pay certain fees, such as court costs, 452 F. Supp. 939, 942; or to be eligible for medical or hospital assistance. 425 P. 2d 316, 318. See in forma pauperis, public defender.

IN BRIEF: Poor.

Democracy [is] when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher.

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• Unappealing, Shabby, Messy, Poor, or Clumsy

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See words rhyming with "indigent."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fattig, trængende
n. - en fattig person

Nederlands (Dutch)
behoeftig(e), onvermogend

Français (French)
adj. - indigent, nécessiteux
n. - indigent, nécessiteux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - arm
n. - bedürftige Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj., -
n. - άπορος, ενδεής

Italiano (Italian)
indigente

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - indigente (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
нуждающийся, лишенный (чего-л.)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indigente, pobre
n. - indigente, pobre, necesitado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - (ut)fattig
n. - fattig person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贫乏的, 穷困的, 贫困的人, 穷人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 貧乏的, 窮困的
n. - 貧困的人, 窮人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가난한, 결함이 있는
n. - 궁핍자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貧乏な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فقير, معوز (الاسم) الفقير, المعوز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עני‬
n. - ‮עני‬

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