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Examples of indigent in a Sentence
- … every day, I fled the house and drove aimlessly over mountain roads that passed by indigent farms and strange, unpainted churches. —Mark Singer, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2000 & 1 Jan. 2001
- A land post was offered him in November, 1765, as Governor of Greenwich Hospital, a shelter for disabled and indigent seamen and a place affording many openings for jobbery (the contemporary term for bureaucratic graft). —Barbara W. Tuchman, The First Salute, 1988
- He went around climbing dark stairs and knocking on doors and taking flash photos of indigent families in their dwellings. —E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime, (1974) 1975
Because he was indigent, the court appointed a lawyer to defend him.
The clinic provides free care for indigent patients.
Recent Examples of indigent from the Web
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Among the key issues the county wanted Chief U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal to address was extending the timeline for releasing indigent defendants from 24 to 48 hours.
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The county owns a section of the cemetery for indigent burials, with the first dating back to 1931.
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The issue is crucial for the Public Defender’s Office, which was appointed to represent Cruz last week after he was determined to be financially indigent.
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The fight over the Low Income Pool, a Medicaid program paying hospitals for indigent care, won’t reappear this year, as the federal government’s agreement to pay $1.5 billion per year is reflected in both budget plans.
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These cases are administrative, not criminal, meaning that indigent immigrants aren’t provided public defenders.
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Irvin Mayfield went from famous Grammy winner to indigent federal defendant | Opinion There's a good chance that your thoughts about Irvin Mayfield mirror your thoughts about Ray Nagin, Oliver Thomas and William Jefferson.
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The future of the Affordable Care Act, which has expanded access to insurance and reduced uncollectable debt from indigent patients, is uncertain.
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In June, Sandoval approved the creation of a commission to study indigent defense.
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indigent Synonyms
Synonyms
beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken;
Antonyms
affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do;
Near Antonyms
Related Words
deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, underprivileged;
bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent;
depressed, distressed, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, pinched, reduced, straitened;
Phrases
down on one's luck, out at elbows (or out at the elbows), out of pocket;
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