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

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

From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving

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 Bridges, Robert Seymour

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

On Fridays, her father and mother, Desiree, hosted unhoused children for lunch and Bible study at their home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

For unhoused individuals who are in recovery from alcohol or drug dependence, recovery-oriented housing provides a pathway out of homelessness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Even though Bass comes from a political tradition of not wanting to criminalize the unhoused, he said, she understood her voters include people wanting to move homeless people off the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

The pride of the girl, accustomed to straw stables and slatternly yards and unhoused machinery, in the well-kept barnyard of her husband was natural and commendatory.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.