as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions
because he was indigent, the court appointed a lawyer to represent him
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Recent Examples of indigent
Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 July 2025
Private defense attorneys who represent indigent clients in federal court are not getting paid for nearly three months — until Oct. 1.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Throughout this month, indigent defendants — or those unable to afford their own attorneys — without representation have been released from jail if they had been detained for more than a week without representation, based on another prong of the protocol.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
That’s because on July 3, congressional funding ran out for the federal program that pays private attorneys to represent indigent defendants who, for various reasons, can’t be represented by federal public defender organizations such as Federal Defenders of San Diego.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Noun
Stapp has been appointed a public defender after successfully filing for indigent status, but her new attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 July 2025
Private defense attorneys who represent indigent clients in federal court are not getting paid for nearly three months — until Oct. 1.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Throughout this month, indigent defendants — or those unable to afford their own attorneys — without representation have been released from jail if they had been detained for more than a week without representation, based on another prong of the protocol.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
That’s because on July 3, congressional funding ran out for the federal program that pays private attorneys to represent indigent defendants who, for various reasons, can’t be represented by federal public defender organizations such as Federal Defenders of San Diego.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indigent
Adjective
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Having two of the three most impoverished cities, especially when those cities are experiencing booming population growth, is its own kind of economic miracle, if an ignominious one.—
Kathryn Anne Edwards,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The eye-popping dollar figures in the statements contrast with everything else happening on an impoverished island, where people spend much of their time without electricity and many still depend on meager food rations to survive.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The county is required by law to continue its deceased pauper program, which is being transferred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Aug. 2025
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Alvarez is the pauper of the group, with Judge and Soto combining for $1.125 billion in salary over the lives of their contracts.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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This implies a poor Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 52.5% (vs. 19.4% for S&P 500).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The general manager, making a rare road trip, told reporters that his presence had more to do with his scheduling availability than the Yankees’ third-place standing or their poor play over the past two-plus months.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Central Florida is slowly becoming the land of the haves and have-nots.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Aug. 2025
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Elsewhere, the haves thrived, and have-nots continued to tread water.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
31 July 2025
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“Indigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indigent. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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