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indigent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
| Derivation | indigence |
Examples of indigent
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The county's other indigent defense office will lose half its funding this year.
From the sacbee.com
McMillen now will represent indigent defendants in Benton County Superior Court.
From the thenewstribune.com
Hospital social workers helped him enroll in the county's indigent care program.
From the dailyherald.com
The Upper Alton Cemetery, in Alton, averages about 20 indigent burials each year.
From the stltoday.com
Anthony was declared indigent last year, making her eligible for state funding.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Hospitals for the international trade don't have to care for indigent patients.
From the latimes.com
Indigent care consumed more than $5 million in 2008 across the hospital system.
From the tennessean.com
The funeral home handles about 500 indigent interments every year, Turkel said.
From the chron.com
They broke every agreement with the indigent inhabitants of thousands of years.
From the latimes.com
- Destitute: poor enough to need help from others
- (indigence) a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
- Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. ...
- (Indigence) Classifications of poor used in the Poor Law system classified people into categories for those considered deserving of poor relief and those who were not considered deserving of poor relief.
- A person in need, or in poverty; Poor; destitute; in need
- ("Indigence") reflects concern that some members of all the above listed categories are additionally oppressed by impoverishment as a consequence of power inequality. One example is the exclusion of abortion from Medicaid funding. ...
- Lacking in funds; poor.
- This term usually refers to a person that is poor, needy, and has no one to look to for support.
- A person who can convince the court that he/she cannot afford to pay any costs for legal representation.
