: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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My siblings all give generously to food banks and homeless charities, even putting some homeless people up in hotels, which is great.—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 The deceased is believed to be a 58-year-old homeless man who was staying at a church on the Upper East Side, according to a police source.—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 San Antonio police arrested six people while clearing a homeless camp that had built up along Loop 410 near North Star Mall.—Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026 There are currently no other temporary homeless shelters in Kaplan's district.—Steve Large, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026 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