landless
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- landlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of landless
before 1000; Middle English; Old English landlēas. See land, -less
Example Sentences
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Under Árbenz, Guatemala implemented a land reform program in 1952 that gave landless farmworkers their own undeveloped plots.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026
After decades of repression, the nation democratically elected Juan José Arévalo and then Jacobo Árbenz, under whom, in 1952, Guatemala implemented a land reform program that gave landless farmworkers their own undeveloped plots.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
Many Nama are landless and live in informal settlements with inadequate access to water and electricity, or in remote areas, far from schools and hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
The Havasupai Tribe was landless for a time until the federal government set aside a plot in the depths of the Grand Canyon for members.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
It had never belonged to us, we had never prospered to the extent where we could buy, and Nathan, himself the son of a landless man, had inherited nothing.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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