homeless

adjective

home·​less ˈhōm-ləs How to pronounce homeless (audio)
: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessness noun

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According to the bakery, an unnamed suspect believed to be homeless entered the establishment trying to sell cleaning wipes. Tim Fang, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025 Up until now, the region has sparsely used the miniature dwellings to house homeless people and relied mostly on congregate shelters and its motel shelter program. Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025 The state has helped by shifting funding to fill gaps, but the group still had to pull back on things like plans to build a homeless shelter, Ludden says. Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025 There are the voiceless — animals don’t have a voice, homeless don’t have a voice, the emotionally disturbed on the subway don’t have a voice, veterans don’t have a voice. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for homeless

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of homeless was before the 12th century

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“Homeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeless. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.

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homeless

adjective
home·​less -ləs How to pronounce homeless (audio)
: having no home or permanent residence
homelessness noun

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