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
Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
In essence, the federal government has established a formula to assess the proportion of indigent patients served by a health system.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Texas spends less per resident on indigent defense than all but four other states, according to the Sixth Amendment Center, a national nonprofit focused on improving access to counsel.
—Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The office released records on the indigent kits given out over four months of last year, starting May 1, 2024.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Denying lawyers for the unemployed and evicted In some counties that have invested in public defender offices, indigent defense has been transformed.
—Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
In essence, the federal government has established a formula to assess the proportion of indigent patients served by a health system.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Texas spends less per resident on indigent defense than all but four other states, according to the Sixth Amendment Center, a national nonprofit focused on improving access to counsel.
—Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The office released records on the indigent kits given out over four months of last year, starting May 1, 2024.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indigent
Adjective
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The impoverished duke needs Gladys' dowry to prop up his family's estate, and Bertha may have promised him a bit too much without informing George or taking Gladys' wishes into account.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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Known collectively as Hessians, since most Germans hired by London to fight in America came from Hesse-Kassel, this contingent was largely from the small, impoverished duchy of Brunswick, whose ruling family had intermarried with the British royal family.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Adjective
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Despite having a poor 2024 season that saw the Pirates remove Bednar from the closer role, the right-hander is back to his dominant form.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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The key drivers are BGE’s soaring spending and profits and poor management by PJM Interconnection, the private entity that operates our electric grid.—
Emily Scarr,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Medicaid requirements yield a long-term care industry of haves and have-nots, according to Wettstein and others.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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So that would be my biggest concern, is whether or not that financial gap between those that can afford it and those that can’t creates way too many haves and way too many have-nots.—
Mitch Light,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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“Indigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indigent. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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