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indigence - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'indigence' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Indigence [ n.]
- The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence.

Meaning of 'indigence' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . indigence [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Example in sentence:
  • a general state of need exists among the homeless;
  • their indigence appalled him