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See Also:

• past tense form of displace.
• past participle of displace.

displaced

American  

[dis-pleyst] / dɪsˈpleɪst /

adjective

1. lacking a home, country, etc.

2. moved or put out of the usual or proper place.

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noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. Usually the displaced persons who lack a home, as through political exile, destruction of their previous shelter, or lack of financial resources.

   After the earthquake, the displaced were temporarily housed in armories.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• undisplaced
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of displaced

First recorded in 1565–75; displace + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Amazon hasn’t displaced but rather expanded mom-and-pop shops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Some 1.47 million people are displaced in gang-ravaged Haiti, the United Nations' migration agency said Friday, warning that its ability to help could dry up within months.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

More than 3,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since March, according to Lebanese health authorities, and more than one million have been displaced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"We were working with patients and displaced people. Business was as usual, and suddenly, 'boom'," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Most of the Europeans who traveled to what they called the New World in 1492 and after were those whose families had been displaced when the commons were converted to private property.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz