Indigenous vs. Indigent
Indigenous and Indigent Definitions
Indigenous
Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region.
Indigent
Experiencing want or need; impoverished
Distributed food to indigent families.
Indigenous
Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
Indigent
(Archaic) Lacking or deficient.
Indigenous
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants.
Indigent
A poor or destitute person.
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Indigenous
Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
Indigent
Poor; destitute; in need.
Indigenous
In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
The Ainu are the indigenous ethnic group of Japan's Hokkaido Island.
Indigent
(archaic) Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.
Indigenous
Innate, inborn.
Indigent
A person in need, or in poverty.
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Indigenous
Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America.
In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap.
Indigent
Wanting; void; free; destitute; - used with of.
Indigenous
Native; inherent; innate.
Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind.
Indigent
Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
Indigent faint souls past corporal toil.
Charity consists in relieving the indigent.
Indigenous
Originating where it is found;
The autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo
Autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
Endemic folkways
The Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan
Indigent
Poor enough to need help from others
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