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homeless

/ˈhoʊmlɪs/noun, adjective2 syllables

Homeless means: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.

Synonyms for homeless6

noun, as in someone unfortunate without housing

homeless person

adjective, as in physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security

dispossessed, roofless, unfortunate

adjective, as in without nationality or citizenship

stateless, unsettled

What does homeless mean?4

adjective

1

physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security“made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another”

2

without nationality or citizenship“stateless persons”

noun

1

someone unfortunate without housing“a homeless was found murdered in Central Park”

2

poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in“the homeless became a problem in the large cities”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Homeless in a sentence

  • I'm not homeless anymore, but homelessness hasn't stopped existing.shekitten
  • I've been manic before, and ended up homeless.rul
  • He's at the dock, drinking with homeless guys.Amastan
  • We're starving and homeless, but at least we got rid of all the foreigners.mailohilohi
  • The homeless people were annoyed by the flies and mosquitoes.ToxicFriu
  • Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.CM
  • Jackie's efforts to help homeless people backfired on her.CP
  • This neighborhood has more homeless people than you can shake a stick at.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of homeless

as a noun

plural
homelesses