indigent
Definitions
Suffering from extreme poverty; impoverished.
A person who is needy or destitute.
Examples
The charity organization provides food and clothing to indigent families in the community.
The court appointed a public defender to represent the indigent defendant who could not afford private counsel.
Many indigent citizens struggle to access basic healthcare services due to a lack of financial resources.
Synonyms
destitute impoverished needy penniless insolvent penurious broke