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

• undisplaced adjective

Etymology

Origin of displaced

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

Example Sentences

"The Church must be a sanctuary for the displaced, not a platform for their expulsion."

From BBC

In return, Europe offers inexpensive healthcare, walkable cities dotted with sidewalk bistros and co-working spaces where English has displaced the local tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chan also earmarked US$510 million for long-term housing arrangements for people displaced in a deadly housing estate fire last year.

From Barron's

The lives of more than 1.9 million displaced people in South Sudan are being put at risk due to aid funding shortages, the UN's migration agency said Wednesday.

From Barron's

Once a month, he’d cook some 400 hot meals that the temple would send to a homeless shelter in Stockton, and he’d also prepared food for people displaced by wildfires, he said.

From Los Angeles Times