indigent
French → English
(social) Pauper: a person who is extremely poor and lacks basic necessities; destitute individual
La mission locale fournit des soins gratuits aux indigents du quartier chaque hiver.
(English) The local mission provides free care to the neighborhood's destitute people every winter.
L'indigent vivait d'aumônes et dormait sous les ponts de la Seine faute de logement.
(English) The pauper lived on alms and slept under the bridges of the Seine for lack of housing.
(metaphor) Lacking: deficient in quality, substance, or knowledge; intellectually poor
Il a une culture générale indigente malgré ses nombreuses années d'études universitaires.
(English) He has a lacking general knowledge despite his many years of university studies.
L'argumentation présentée par l'avocat était trop indigente pour convaincre le jury.
(English) The argument presented by the lawyer was too weak to convince the jury.
Entry ID: fr:en:indigent · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary