: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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But challenges and criticisms remain, including a recent mass shooting at a homeless encampment, state and federal consent decrees and questions about police’s interaction with federal immigration enforcement.—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025 On July 25, the day before the stabbing, the 7th Probate Court of Emmet County ordered deputies to search for and detain Gille, who was homeless.—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025 Niki Jones, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, said the county should have instead used the money on rental assistance to help get homeless people off the streets.—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025 The investigation relied on collaboration between the Fort Worth arson unit, Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Fort Worth police homeless outreach programs and enforcement team, May said.—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 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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