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homeless

[hohm-lis] / ˈhoʊm lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
displaced; without shelter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
houseless unhoused unsheltered
STRONG
derelict destitute displaced dispossessed down-and-out itinerant outcast vagabond vagrant wandering
WEAK
abandoned banished deported desolate disinherited exiled forlorn forsaken friendless uncared-for unsettled without a roof
Antonyms
STRONG
settled

Example Sentences

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The homeless are served entrée, plat, dessert, plus a cheese course and wine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Another Harrogate-based charity, Lifeline, which helps to provide housing to homeless and vulnerable people, has been working with Essential Needs to furnish accommodation.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

For now, we are politically homeless, but whichever party can give us adequate shelter will gain a moral and political windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Some families have a narrow definition of what it means to be homeless.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

At seventeen, he was deemed incapable of management and was left homeless.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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