indigent
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. Homeless shelters, soup kitchens, free medical clinics and court-appointed lawyers are all institutions that our society has developed to help indigent people.
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poor enough to need help from otherssynonyms: destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenpoorhaving little money or few possessions
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