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Definition of indigent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

indigent

adjective
 
/ˈɪndɪdʒənt/
 
/ˈɪndɪdʒənt/
 [usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. very poorTopics Social issuesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin indigent- ‘lacking’, from the verb indigere, from indi- (strengthened form of in- ‘into’) + egere ‘to need’.
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