indigent

adjective

1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
2. Archaic.
   1. deficient in what is requisite.
   2. destitute (usually followed by of).

noun

3. a person who is indigent.

adjective

1. so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy
2. (usually foll by of) archaic lacking (in) or destitute (of)

noun

3. an impoverished person