unhouse

American  

[uhn-houz] / 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

Example Sentences

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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

Water rushed through the area while several unhoused people slept in their tents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The unpermitted work triggered a review from the board, and the place sat vacant for years as neighbors watched unhoused people take over the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Many words are now taboo, and there’s an entire new anxiety-inducing vocabulary: unhoused, undocumented, unequal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

“These organizations are soon likely to face an urgent lack of funds that may threaten their ability to continue providing critical services to the unhoused under HUD’s suspension notice,” LAHSA’s complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

"How happy the dear old man will be," I said to myself, "when he just yields this last castle of selfishness, and walks unhoused into the new childhood, of which God takes care!"

From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by George MacDonald