: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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And now, after a nearly two-decade hiatus, during which Westmoreland dabbled in acting, with roles as a crook and a homeless man, Siberia is back—once again in the subway—beneath the Hearst Building, on Fifty-seventh Street.—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 Another report the department published since these interviews that offers recommendations for the 2025 state heat plan update includes some data on the increasing homeless population and mentions their vulnerability to heat.—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025 Many of those people could become homeless as a result.—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025 San Diego police have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a man believed to be homeless Tuesday in City Heights.—Jayne Yutig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 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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