indigent ˈɪndədʒənt adjective
: so lacking in financial resources that support is necessary
The word indigent has appeared in 36 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 21 in the live update “Francis was the pope who made the most saints,” by Ephrat Livni:
Mother Teresa, the nun who died in 1997, had already been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 in recognition of her work over decades caring for the indigent and ill in India, and she was considered a “living saint” by many. But when she was officially canonized, Francis, who shared her respect for all religions and concern for the less fortunate, noted that she might always be best known as Mother Teresa.
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