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indigent

Meaning

Lacking the necessities of life; in extreme want.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The woman shivered, pulling the thin blanket tighter. With no food and no home, she was truly indigent, lacking even the basic things needed to survive. She just wanted to feel warm and full for once.

The old man shivered, his worn blanket thin against the biting wind. He hadn't eaten in days, his stomach aching with emptiness. He was truly indigent, with nowhere warm to go and nothing to call his own.

The small child shivered, his thin blanket offering little warmth against the biting wind. He hadn't eaten in days, his stomach a hollow ache. So many around him were indigent, their eyes hollow with hunger, their hope worn thin.

The stray cat, quite frankly, looked like he hadn't eaten a decent sardine in weeks. His ribs poked out, a testament to his indigent state. He even tried to steal my shoelace, mistaking it for a gourmet noodle. Poor, hungry fella.

Barnaby, a gentleman of questionable fortune, found himself so indigent he was pawning his pet goldfish for breadcrumbs. He'd traded his monocle for a moldy sock, and his top hat was now a bird's nest. His hunger was so grand, he eyed a passing pigeon with a chef's intensity.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The soup kitchen was a quiet place, filled with the low murmur of people thankful for a warm meal. Outside, a biting wind whipped through the streets, but inside, for a few precious hours, the indigent souls found a reprieve from their gnawing hunger and the cold, harsh reality of having next to nothing.

The old woman shivered, her threadbare shawl offering little warmth. She hadn't eaten in two days, her stomach a hollow ache. She was indigent, with nothing but the worn-out shoes on her feet and the hope of finding a scrap of food before nightfall.

The wind whipped through the skeletal remains of the autogyro, a stark reminder of their plight. Anya shivered, her stomach a hollow ache. She clutched the single, cracked ration bar, the only thing standing between her and the gnawing emptiness that threatened to consume them all. This stark existence for the indigent was a constant, brutal test.

The aspiring artist, utterly indigent, found himself bartering a half-eaten bagel for a single, slightly-chewed paintbrush. He eyed the expensive gallery owner with a hopeful, albeit smudged, expression, hoping the owner recognized true genius even when it smelled vaguely of desperation and stale dough.

Bartholomew, king of the dust bunnies under the couch, declared his kingdom indigent after a rogue crumb heist left his subjects in extreme want. His noble army, accustomed to a steady diet of lint, now faced a grim reality of empty fluff.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The winter wind whipped through the old man's threadbare coat. He huddled deeper into the doorway, his stomach a hollow ache. He was indigent, with no food, no shelter, and no hope for warmth.

The village council debated allocating funds, the pleas of the indigent families echoing in the hall. Children, hollow-eyed and thin, clutched worn blankets, their parents unable to provide even basic sustenance. The desperation was a palpable force, a heavy cloak over their existence.

The child shivered, his threadbare tunic offering little warmth. He clutched a chipped bowl, hoping for a scrap of food to quell the gnawing emptiness. So many of his village were indigent, their homes reduced to ash and their fields barren after the blight.

Barnaby, perpetually dressed in a banana peel for lack of actual attire, was truly indigent. He’d once bartered his last shoelace for a half-eaten pickle, a desperate move that sadly didn't improve his rather acute lack of necessities.

The indigent nobleman, Sir Reginald, found himself in a peculiar predicament. His vast estate, now a precarious collection of crumbling gargoyles, offered no sustenance. He'd traded his last embroidered waistcoat for a slightly bruised rutabaga, a poor substitute for the truffles he was accustomed to.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The biting wind offered no solace to the indigent souls huddled in doorways. Their gaunt faces, etched with profound deprivation, spoke volumes of a life stripped bare, devoid of even the most fundamental comforts and sustenance.

The famished miners huddled around the sputtering brazier, their gnawing hunger a testament to their indigent state. Days without sustenance had rendered their gaunt frames hollow, their pleas for aid lost in the echoing shafts, their very existence a stark tableau of absolute destitution.

The artisan, his fingers gnarled from years of metalwork, found himself indigent. The meager earnings from his tarnished trinkets barely covered the cost of fuel for his forge, leaving him with nothing for a proper meal or a blanket against the encroaching frost.

Barnaby, a connoisseur of artisanal cheese and existential ennui, found himself in a rather precarious predicament. Having squandered his entire inheritance on a solid gold monocle and a flock of performing marmosets, he was now indigent, lacking even a crumb of sustenance, let alone the caviar he so disdained.

Barnaby, a connoisseur of artisanal cheese and antique thimbles, found himself suddenly indigent. His vast collection of porcelain cuckoo clocks, once his sole solace, were now useless. He subsisted on questionable scavenged grubs, lamenting the loss of even the most pedestrian Gruyère.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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