: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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According to city data, more than 2,000 people are homeless in Kansas City at any one time.—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026 Duress, who spent time behind bars before his acting career, was a homeless heroin dealer on the lam from authorities during the filming of Heaven Knows What.—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026 The detective believes Levine saw the bags Palacios was carrying and mistook him for a homeless person.—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Also, the group wants to hear from people who were homeless during the fires and from those who volunteered to help with their time, resources or donations, the county reported.—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026 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