Indigent

Definitions

A person in need, or in poverty.

Equivalents

Examples

“I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known.”

“The influx of indigents overwhelmed the city's meagre social services and affordable accommodation.”

“Then in 2005 a Republican-led Congress passed a bill requiring millions of low-income people to pay⟳ higher co-payments and premiums under Medicaid. The result⟳ was that many more indigents had to forgo care.”

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