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    indigent


    1. undoubtedly be less than it is, if the competition of those yet more indigent men of letters,


    2. indigent people to the learned professions, the rewards of eminent teachers appear to have


    3. That which is carried on for the benefit of the poor and the indigent is too often either neglected or oppressed


    4. 1 In those days there was in the land of Shinar a wise man who had understanding in all wisdom, and of a beautiful appearance, but he was poor and indigent; his name was Rikayon and he was hard set to support himself


    5. Romans and Italians (with Roman citizenship) flocked to Rome seeking work, or failing that, to partake of the free bread rations provided by the state for indigent citizens


    6. 1 In those days there was in the land of Shinar a wise man who had understanding in all wisdom and of a beautiful appearance but he was poor and indigent; his name was Rikayon and he was hard set to support himself


    7. They seek to prevent indigent species from being over run by humans


    8. Support green technology, managed use of resources, care for indigent people, and fair play


    9. Jake the Snake had been indigent


    10. The indigent care packages that the prison handed

    11. Cornubia will comprise fully subsidized houses for the indigent (those that qualify for a provincial housing subsidy), affordable housing for low-income housing (rental) as well as middle to high-income bonded housing


    12. The indigent mentioned in this verse is not conditioned to be a relative or a believer, but it covers any poor man even if he is not a Muslim


    13. There is an unbridgeable moat of disposable possessions growing between the indulgent and indigent classes


    14. God says, “And they feed, for the love of Al’lah, the indigent, the orphan, and the captive


    15. “The indigent will be long dead by then and there will be no cost incurred by the hospital and no unaccounted for expense to have to explain


    16. “So, you're here requesting a donated heart for Roopdetah Doe, an uninsured and indigent patient at St


    17. Cass holds his hand out, hoping to disguise himself as an indigent man begging for a “handout


    18. When the mother responded in the affirmative, the reporter indignantly inquired if the mother had given any thought to the indigent throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area


    19. indigent but by comparison


    20. Quite an excellent repast consisting of rashers and eggs, fried steak and onions, done to a nicety, delicious hot breakfast rolls and invigorating tea had been considerately provided by the authorities for the consumption of the central figure of the tragedy who was in capital spirits when prepared for death and evinced the keenest interest in the proceedings from beginning to end but he, with an abnegation rare in these our times, rose nobly to the occasion and expressed the dying wish (immediately acceded to) that the meal should be divided in aliquot parts among the members of the sick and indigent roomkeepers' association as a token of his regard and esteem

    21. We worried that meant there would be no guarantees the hospital would continue to offer the kind of free care for the indigent that Providence required


    22. ) "They exploit for fame or cash the work which has been done by their indigent and unknown brethren


    23. He wore it at the meeting of some good comrades, Italians and Occidentals, assembled in his honour under the presidency of an indigent, sickly, somewhat hunchbacked little photographer, with a white face and a magnanimous soul dyed crimson by a bloodthirsty hate of all capitalists, oppressors of the two hemispheres


    24. Pasquale’s Basket—a voluntary collection of contributions for the support of the sick, homeless, and indigent


    25. The order is also involved in caring for the poor and indigent


    26. All licensed healers on Safehold must be examined and approved by the Order of Pasquale, and the order is deeply involved in public hygiene policies and (less deeply) in caring for the poor and indigent


    27. Henry Pierce practiced medicine, mostly among the indigent farmworkers in the area


    28. He said, "The faults of women, of children, of the feeble, the indigent, and the ignorant, are the fault of the husbands, the fathers, the masters, the strong, the rich, and the wise


    29. That is good! Be an honest man yourself; remain Monsieur le Maire; remain honorable and honored; enrich the town; nourish the indigent; rear the orphan; live happy, virtuous, and admired; and, during this time, while you are here in the midst of joy and light, there will be a man who will wear your red blouse, who will bear your name in ignominy, and who will drag your chain in the galleys


    30. All belonged to that indigent class which begins to separate from the lowest of petty bourgeoisie in straitened circumstances, and which extends from misery to misery into the lowest depths of society down to those two beings in whom all the material things of civilization end, the sewer-man who sweeps up the mud, and the ragpicker who collects scraps

    31. The garret, the cellar, the lowly ditch where certain indigent wretches crawl at the very bottom of the social edifice, is not exactly the sepulchre, but only its antechamber; but, as the wealthy display their greatest magnificence at the entrance of their palaces, it seems that death, which stands directly side by side with them, places its greatest miseries in that vestibule


    32. In his youth, the ritual of the tolling bells had been included in the price of the funeral and was denied only to the indigent


    33. She had not spirits to notice her in more than a few repulsive looks, but she felt her as a spy, and an intruder, and an indigent niece, and everything most odious


    34. ” On Tuesdays and Fridays she had an “indigent gentlewoman,” whatever that may be, come to her to teach her how to converse and otherwise conduct herself according to the “standards of polite society


    35. salmon; and the benevolent intentions of the privateersmen to restore to an indigent owner the amount of her loss, terminated, in consequence of the high duties and charges, in an inability to present her with more than a paltry sum, scarcely worth her acceptance


    36. With all the respect which I feel for these honorable gentlemen, and the high value which I set on their good opinion, I do not think it ample compensation to the brave and indigent tars who have boldly fought your battles, and generously sacrificed their interest for your good; they merit some more substantial stuff than air; they have acquired for you, sir, they have given to your enemy, something more substantial


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    Synonyms for "indigent"

    destitute impoverished indigent necessitous needy poverty-stricken insolvent distressed broke underprivileged impecunious

    "indigent" definitions

    poor enough to need help from others