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

He didn’t have many specific solutions beyond retraining workers displaced by AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Dorcas Mapenzi fears the worst if Ebola comes to the Kingonze camp, where she lives alongside more than 25,000 other displaced people in the conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

He asked blistering public questions of city and state leaders, badgered Washington to investigate the fire, and joined other displaced residents in filing a lawsuit for “inverse condemnation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“But right now, so many are displaced or were. It’s going to be harder for folks to come back to that.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The waters have been displaced from their original position, and their sphere now has a centre other than the centre of the universe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton