houseless
Americanadjective
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without a house or houses.
My friend lived on the other side of the houseless plot of land.
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being unhoused or lacking permanent housing; homeless.
The church is holding a winter survival equipment drive to provide houseless folks with heavy duty winter coats, blankets, and sleeping bags.
Sensitive Note
See homeless ( def. ).
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of houseless
First recorded in 1350–1400; house + -less ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Many years before the Angels first baseman was born, Walsh’s grandmother saw a houseless person on her porch and instead of telling them to leave, she fed them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
“We have an increase in houseless folks around Burlington,” Ms. Hightower said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
"My parents might be homeless, but they aren't houseless," Phoebe tweeted, along with a video of her and her mother.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2022
But many of my neighbors are still houseless, sleeping in tents, cars and hotels hundreds of miles away.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2021
All those miles and days had been across a houseless, speechless desolation: rock, ice, sky, and silence: nothing else, for eighty-one days, except each other.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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