as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions
because he was indigent, the court appointed a lawyer to represent him
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Recent Examples of indigent
Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 27 June 2024
Johnson has run through a series of attorneys, represented himself, and then was appointed a public defender until Clymer determined in court that Johnson was not indigent and therefore didn’t qualify for one.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The increase also applies to disabled and largely indigent retirees receiving SSI or Supplemental Security Income.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
The court declared Cato indigent and ordered for a public defender to represent him.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
The law at issue, known as EMTALA, was enacted in 1986 largely to prevent hospitals from turning away uninsured and indigent patients, particularly women in labor.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 27 June 2024
Johnson has run through a series of attorneys, represented himself, and then was appointed a public defender until Clymer determined in court that Johnson was not indigent and therefore didn’t qualify for one.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The increase also applies to disabled and largely indigent retirees receiving SSI or Supplemental Security Income.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
The court declared Cato indigent and ordered for a public defender to represent him.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024
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Several factors skew those amounts up and down by district, with districts that have a higher rate of property tax revenue receiving less from the state, while those with higher rates rates of impoverished, disabled or homeless students receive more.Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
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Its citizens are malnourished and impoverished; more refugees have left Venezuela than Syria or Ukraine.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The age-old philosophy, eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper was adhered to, meaning dinner was the lightest meal, as the digestive tract slows down towards the end of the day.Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 25 Oct. 2024
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The mother of one of those men, Jonathan Hankins, confronted Grisham-Stewart in February at the county's pauper's field.Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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His role comes a year after a poor performance in his Madison Square Garden debut just eight games into his NBA career: 14 points on 4-of-14 shooting to go along with nine rebounds and a block.Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Visibility was poor because of the long shadows of winter morning.James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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That left a landscape of haves and have-nots, with nearly 200 veteran free agents still unsigned.Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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There are haves and have-nots, and the haves usually win.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Indigent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indigent. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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