unhouse

American  

[uhn-hauz] / ʌnˈhaʊz /

verb (used with object)

unhoused, unhousing

1. to drive from a house or habitation; deprive of shelter.

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Etymology

Origin of unhouse

First recorded in 1325–75, unhouse is from the Middle English word unhousen. See un- ², house

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

unhouse unhoused

Nabokov's truths, and Ada, will certainly unhouse many readers from the comfort of their passive reading habits.

From Time Magazine Archive

O feel-of-primrose hands, O feet That want the yield of plushy sward, But you shall walk the golden street And you unhouse and house the Lord.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges

It was my part to unhouse a colony of the long, white-faced hornets.

From D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller

Soto-Martínez’s office said enforcement under the city ordinance interferes with efforts to move unhoused residents into housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The researchers and advocates for the unhoused point to other Olympic host cities that they said failed the test of how to treat the most vulnerable residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Justin Cole inspected school uniforms set aside for unhoused students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Taken the evening of January 20, the estimate found 395 to 517 unhoused individuals on the system compared to 631 to 684 in 2025 and over 1,000 in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The unhoused were scattered some, which was one of the things we hoped for, but hardly dared believe would come to pass.

From The Battle with the Slum by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

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