homeless

adjective

home·​less ˈhōm-ləs How to pronounce homeless (audio)
: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessness noun

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This is the first time the county and its cities will be meeting to discuss homeless, Mayor Kevin McCarty said in a news release. Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025 For now, the burden largely falls on defendants — many still deep in addiction, many who are homeless — to find and secure treatment on their own. Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025 The shelter had initially been targeted for a July 2025 opening, and has encountered fierce resistance from parts of the West Roxbury community since the state first began sharing its intention to house homeless families there last spring. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025 And his biological mother, who is from the same small town where Wasmer grew up, was homeless. Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for homeless

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of homeless was before the 12th century

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“Homeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeless. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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homeless

adjective
home·​less -ləs How to pronounce homeless (audio)
: having no home or permanent residence
homelessness noun

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