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unsheltered

[uhn-shel-terd] / ʌnˈʃɛl tərd /


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The number of unsheltered homeless people in the city dropped by an even steeper margin of 7.9%.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

After a full year, not only was the change from homelessness to permanent housing not statistically significant, but so was the shift from unsheltered to sheltered.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

The latest data from the Community Partnership, an organisation that works to reduce homelessness, shows about 800 people are unsheltered, while about 4,300 others have some sort of temporary housing.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

The rate of unsheltered homelessness, meaning homeless people who are sleeping in places that are not meant for humans to rest in, like parks or cars, is the highest in California.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025

I yell, for we are lying unsheltered in the open field.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque