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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"They've done nothing at all in terms of the welfare of students. There are so many students who are sofa-surfing or are houseless and have nowhere to go."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022
While some people may be able to find relief indoors with an air conditioner, others may not be able to afford the luxury or may simply be houseless, Boucher said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
As officers wrestled him out of his tent and carried him bodily toward the police van, a man shouted: “Shame on you. Is that how you treat houseless people?”
From New York Times ● May 4, 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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