indigent

Example Sentences

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When the center was founded in 1971, it mainly did legal work for clients who were indigent or had civil-liberties complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The state’s high court handed down a decision Monday that vacated court fines for an alleged prison gang leader, setting a precedent that advocates said will help indigent defendants in other cases.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

That means the system already profoundly disadvantages indigent asylum seekers — they can’t afford a lawyer, often don’t speak English and have no road map for navigating arcane immigration law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

And in North Carolina, the campaign is narrowly focused on promoting Democrats’ successful efforts to expand Medicaid, which will extend nearly-free government health insurance to thousands of people and reduce the indigent population for hospitals.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

PIH staff has begun to focus on methods of structuring aid and loans so that in the future the sick and indigent will be the primary beneficiaries.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French