: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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Lurie said the city used the 311 city services line as a test case that showed ways to improve service times for things like trash, homeless encampments and language translation.—Kate Rogers, CNBC, 14 July 2025 Money has also been spent on nongovernmental organization programs that hand out clean needles and crack pipes as part of progressive harm reduction policies instead of encouraging homeless drug users to quit.—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2025 Nearly one in four homeless Americans lives in California.—Melissa Melendez, Oc Register, 13 July 2025 Patrol officers responding to a report of an assault found Poindexter mortally wounded just outside a homeless encampment behind a Walmart store at Commercial and 21st streets about 1:30 a.m. last Friday, San Diego police Lt. Lou Maggi said.—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for homeless
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of homeless was
before the 12th century
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