indigent

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

in·di·gent (ĭnʹdĭ-jənt)adj.
1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.
2. Archaic. Lacking or deficient.n.
A needy or destitute person. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin indigēns, indigent- present participle of indigēre, to need : indu-, in; See en in Indo-European Roots + egēre, to lack.] inʹdi·gent·ly adv.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken