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Thesaurus: indigent

Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.

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  1. a. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.
  2. a. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
  3. adj. poor enough to need help from others
  4. 1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison.
  5. j:90/n:10 s poor enough to need help from others