Definitions for indigent

indigent in·di·gent

Spelling: [in-di-juh nt]
IPA: /ˈɪn dɪ dʒənt/

Indigent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in indigent (degiinnt).

Definitions for indigent

noun

  1. a person who is indigent.

adjective

  1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
  2. Archaic. deficient in what is requisite. destitute (usually followed by of).

Origin of indigent

1350-1400; Middle English Latin indigent- (stem of indigēns) present participle of indigēre to need, lack, be poor, equivalent to ind- by-form of in- in-2 (c

Examples for indigent

He summed up in a disparaging glance the background of indigent furniture.

The windows without curtains had an indigent, sleepless look.

In New York, state law has authorized courts to appoint lawyers on behalf of indigent criminal defendants since 1881.

Herrera is seeking to have the city reimbursed for its care of indigent patients it claims were dumped there by Nevada.

She emphasizes that the indigent detainees who will benefit from this program are not all undocumented.

At one period he realised about £10,000, but he was latterly unfortunate and indigent.

In addition, many Texans believed that the role of helping the indigent belonged to the church.

The lawyers of ArchCity Defenders specialize in representing the indigent and the homeless.

Whoever has need of another is indigent, and assumes a posture.

Fancy a school for novelists, with night classes for indigent poets!

Word Value for indigent
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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