indigent

About 0.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Poor; destitute; in need.
2. adjective Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.
3. noun A person in need, or in poverty.

Similar words

poor impoverished destitute poverty-stricken needy necessitous poverty indigence underprivileged disadvantaged

Often followed by

and persons defendants defendant patients circumstances children people person

Word family

indigents