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INDIGENT definition: 1. very poor 2. very poor 3. having no money or anything else of value: . Learn more.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word indigent, which means suffering from extreme poverty or need. Find out how to use indigent in a sentence and how it differs from related words like destitute and impoverished.
Indigent definition: lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.. See examples of INDIGENT used in a sentence.
An indigent person is extremely poor, lacking the basic resources of a normal life. Often the indigent lack not only money but homes. Indigent comes from a Latin word meaning wanting, which we used to use to mean “lacking” and not just to describe desires.
Indigent means very poor or having no money or anything else of value. Learn how to use this formal adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.
Definition of indigent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. 1. so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy. 2. (usually foll by of) archaic. lacking (in) or destitute (of) noun. 3. an impoverished person. Collins English Dictionary.
