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

"Nearly 1.47 million people remain displaced in the country," Gregoire Goodstein, the IOM chief of mission in Haiti, told a press briefing in Geneva.

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

Their Baltimore dreams were displaced by more powerful ones.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison