indigent

/'indidʤənt/

Thân thiện

An indigent family receives a box of groceries from a community center.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Poor enough to need help from others: Lacking the necessities of life; impoverished to the point of requiring assistance or charity.

Usage

• The word "indigent" is a formal adjective used to describe a state of severe poverty. It is often used in legal, social service, or academic contexts to refer to individuals or populations who lack basic resources and are dependent on aid.
• It typically describes a person's economic condition. It is not used to describe objects or abstract concepts as being "poor in quality."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The charity provides free legal services for indigent defendants.
  • Many indigent families rely on food banks to survive.
  • The hospital has a program to care for indigent patients.

Advanced Usage

• "The indigent" (used as a plural noun): Refers collectively to people who are very poor.
  • The new policy aims to provide housing for the indigent.

Variants and Related Words

• Indigence (noun): The state of being indigent; extreme poverty.
  • He lived a life of utter indigence.

Synonyms

• Impoverished: Reduced to poverty.
• Destitute: Lacking the means of subsistence.
• Needy: In need of financial or other support.
• Penniless: Having no money.

Antonyms

• Affluent: Having a great deal of money; wealthy.
• Prosperous: Successful in material terms.
• Wealthy: Having a large amount of money or assets.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. poor enough to need help from others

Từ đồng nghĩa

• destitute
• impoverished
• necessitous
• needy
• poverty-stricken