And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.

Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]

I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rare…

The influx of indigents overwhelmed the city's meagre social services and affordable accommodation.