| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In an indigent manner.[Websters]
2. In a barren, scant, inferior, penniless or poor manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a dismal, abject or piteous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a moneyless, necessitous, destitute or underprivileged manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a pitiful or ragged manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a woeful or hapless manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a forlorn or unfortunate manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In an infelicitous, disastrous, unsuccessful or inexpedient manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a meager or lean manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective indigent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (indigent) | 1. Poor enough to need help from others.[Wordnet]. 2. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.[Websters]. 3. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.[Websters]. 4. Being poor, needy, destitute, underprivileged or poverty-stricken.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being penurious, miserable, wretched, impoverished or mangy.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being meager or meagre.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being shabby, poky, ragged, inferior or parched.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being dismal, pitiful or forlorn.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being abject or lacking.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb indigently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "INDIGENTLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: indigent
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor. Charity consists in relieving the indigent.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] Poor; destitute; in need. 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin! I had since my introduction to the prince been sensitive to the fact that he must think an obviously indigent soldier of fortune will sooner or later open the subject of a subscription to the Greek Cause. (references) | 2: [Noun] A person in need, or in poverty 1975: 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. — Robertson Davies, World of Wonders. (references) | |
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Specialty Expressions: indigent
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Indigent Care | Aging | Health services provided to the poor or those unable to pay. Since many indigent patients are not eligible for federal or state programs, the costs which are covered by Medicaid are generally recorded separately from indigent care costs. (references) | |
| Medically Indigent | Aging | People who cannot afford needed health care because of insufficient income and/or lack of adequate health insurance. (references) | |
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