stateless

adjective

state·​less ˈstāt-ləs 

1

: having no state

2

: lacking the status of a national

a stateless refugee

statelessness noun

Examples of stateless in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the current plan, which holds no real promise of Palestinian statehood, also contains no suggestion of granting the more than 2 million stateless Palestinians who live in the West Bank Israeli citizenship. —Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025

Advertisement The Frank family was considered stateless according to the standards of the time. —Time, 30 Sep. 2025

The Persons and Family Code law, making Burkina Faso the latest in a series of African countries to criminalize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activity, also tightens rules on nationality and stateless people. —Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2025

Leaders among both stateless peoples intensified calls for opposing the Iranian government as Israel conducted an unprecedented series of strikes against the country over a dozen days last month. —Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stateless

• weightless