Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indigency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-di-gen-cy
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of indigence.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our data suggested that, contrary to the law’s rather binary notion of indigency, a large chunk of felony criminal defendants are what we have called “marginally indigent.”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

indigencies (plural)

Questions

What does indigency mean?: Alternative form of indigence.

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