Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no home or haven.
- noun People without homes considered as a group. Often used with the.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of a home.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of a home.
- noun plural Those people who have no permanent residence, especially those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the definite phrase
the homeless .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Lacking apermanent place ofresidence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone unfortunate without housing
- noun poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in
- adjective without nationality or citizenship
- adjective physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
Etymologies
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Examples
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I would never use the word homeless to describe my lingering feelings for him.
Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz Jennifer Solheim 2011
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With this war winding down, we have a chance as a nation to banish the word "homeless veteran" from our vocabulary.
Van Jones: A Job for Every Veteran: Let's Give Them the Homecoming They Really Deserve Van Jones 2011
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Sure, the creators of iCarly do not actually use the term "homeless", but instead feel justified by making fun of "hobos".
Joel John Roberts: 'iCarly' -- Homelessness Is Not a Joke Joel John Roberts 2011
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Sure, the creators of iCarly do not actually use the term "homeless", but instead feel justified by making fun of "hobos".
Joel John Roberts: 'iCarly' -- Homelessness Is Not a Joke Joel John Roberts 2011
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With this war winding down, we have a chance as a nation to banish the word "homeless veteran" from our vocabulary.
Van Jones: A Job for Every Veteran: Let's Give Them the Homecoming They Really Deserve Van Jones 2011
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I would never use the word homeless to describe my lingering feelings for him.
Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz Jennifer Solheim 2011
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With this war winding down, we have a chance as a nation to banish the word "homeless veteran" from our vocabulary.
Van Jones: A Job for Every Veteran: Let's Give Them the Homecoming They Really Deserve Van Jones 2011
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With this war winding down, we have a chance as a nation to banish the word "homeless veteran" from our vocabulary.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Van Jones 2011
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With the war in Iraq finally winding down, we have a chance as a nation to banish the word "homeless veteran" from our vocabulary.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jeff Reeves 2012
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Even though the word "homeless" suggests the absence of a home is the sole defining characteristic, homelessness is far more complex than the name suggests.
David Henderson: There Is More to Ending Homelessness Than Simply Building Affordable Housing David Henderson 2011
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