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homeless

ho·me·less

US/ˈhoʊmlɪs/ common
noun (2) adjective (2)

noun

1.

someone with no housing

  • “the homeless became a problem in the large cities”
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2.

people who are homeless

  • “the homeless lived on the city streets”

adjective

1.

without nationality or citizenship

  • “stateless persons”
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2.

physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security

  • “made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another” James Stern
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Origin

From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less.

Phrases

  • homeless dumping
  • homeless shelter
  • politically homeless

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