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
Robert Greene, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The county’s budget for indigent defense increased by 60 percent, or an additional $115,000, for felony and misdemeanor cases both.
—Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Yet over the past two decades, state auditors have repeatedly noted the county was failing to adequately provide indigent counsel.
—Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The city has yanked the contract to represent indigent New Yorkers in Queens from a troubled non-profit which cut ties in February with its founder and long-time executive director.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
In response to a lawsuit, the county in 2020 agreed to increase budget allocations for indigent defense.
—Robert Greene, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The county’s budget for indigent defense increased by 60 percent, or an additional $115,000, for felony and misdemeanor cases both.
—Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Yet over the past two decades, state auditors have repeatedly noted the county was failing to adequately provide indigent counsel.
—Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The city has yanked the contract to represent indigent New Yorkers in Queens from a troubled non-profit which cut ties in February with its founder and long-time executive director.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indigent
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Infectious disease experts note that the vitamin is most useful in impoverished countries where children are significantly malnourished.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Post-Civil War, however, the nation was tired, and large segments of the population—especially in the South—were impoverished.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea are hardly paupers domestically — no Premier League team is nowadays — but there’s a clear financial advantage in finishing higher up the table.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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In October 1911, Tarrant County commissioners agreed to assist Immigration Inspector E. R. Dilworth in keeping a sharp lookout for foreign paupers in the area.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Mar. 2025
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Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns each added 23 points and OG Anunoby bounced back from two poor performances by scoring 20 for the Knicks, who can win the series Wednesday night at Boston.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Boston built big second-half leads on New York in both Games 1 and 2 at home, but squandered them due to uncharacteristically poor 3-point shooting.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Sanders has long condemned the gap between the haves and have-nots in America, and political analysts say his message resonates now because he’s tapped into mounting anger over wealth disparities.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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Children arrive into a trammeling grid of haves and have-nots set up long before their birth, a net that individual struggles serve only to tighten.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Indigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indigent. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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