indigent

adj. poor, impoverished, needy, destitute

n. poor person, one who lacks money and other basic necessities

Impotent poor was a classificiation of poverty used in Britain during the 1600s. It referred to those poor who were unable to support themselves either through age or sickness - not because they did not want to work. This group was considered deserving of poor relief.
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Adjective
1. poor enough to need help from others
(synonym) destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
(similar) poor

adj. destitute, indigent, needy; penurious, poor; down and out, pauper

n. poor fellow, beggar

(a.)
Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.
  

(a.)
Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.