indigent
adjective/ˈɪndɪdʒənt/
/ˈɪndɪdʒənt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- very poorTopics Social issuesc2Word 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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