displaced

[dis-pleyst]

adjective

1. lacking a home, country, etc.

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

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

• undisplaced adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of displaced¹

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

Example Sentences

"Psychologically, what can we do? Like all those displaced from El-Fasher, our feelings are indescribable."

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Relocating her care to Riverside — a possibility after being displaced by the Eaton fire — would delay the process even further.

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"We have moved from using 15 pots in the past, and now we increased to up to 120 pots in a day, targeting more than 30 internally displaced people's camps," says team leader Sami Matar.

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"We found that the more energetically activated the water is, the better it favors binding between the guest molecule and the host when it is displaced."

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For tens of thousands of displaced people, the future remains uncertain.

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