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
Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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
In his job as an attorney for indigent parents at Hennepin County Adult Representation Services, Scotty Ducharme has dealt with horror stories and seen cases of extreme child abuse up close.
—Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
Bentonville, circa 1910: Before today's welfare programs indigent and homeless people might have been forced to live in the county poor farm.
—Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2025
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Noun
Austin Public Health workers who are already feeling the effects of deep federal spending cuts are calling on the City Council to make up for those losses with local funds to maintain crucial programs that largely serve indigent Austinites.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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
In his job as an attorney for indigent parents at Hennepin County Adult Representation Services, Scotty Ducharme has dealt with horror stories and seen cases of extreme child abuse up close.
—Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
Bentonville, circa 1910: Before today's welfare programs indigent and homeless people might have been forced to live in the county poor farm.
—Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indigent
Adjective
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Shooting scenes in wide or medium shots that sometimes break into Hsiao-Lee’s harrowing point-of-view, cinematographer Yu Jing-Pin depicts a world without much color or hope, while sets by Huang Mei-Ching and Tu Shuo-Feng emphasize a sad and impoverished existence.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Each serves a high rate of students from impoverished households, and families within the schools' boundaries can choose to attend those schools or receive a bus to a second school option based on their address.—
Krista Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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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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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Like most extended car warranty providers, CarShield excludes pre-existing conditions that existed before your warranty took effect, as well as damage resulting from poor maintenance, neglect or intentional abuse.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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With fewer homes available for median earners, today's housing market is widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, with younger Americans less likely to buy a home, the study says.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Based on the video game from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Indigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indigent. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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