stateless

adjective

state·​less ˈstāt-ləs How to pronounce stateless (audio)
1
: having no state
2
: lacking the status of a national
a stateless refugee
statelessness noun

Examples of stateless in a Sentence

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Duke, now stateless after renouncing British citizenship, faces not only the loss of U.S. rights but also potential tax liabilities under the U.S. expatriation tax regime. Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 Some infants would become stateless, having no right to citizenship in another nation. Carol Nackenoff, The Conversation, 11 July 2025 Thomas struggled to understand his situation as a stateless person after the 2016 Supreme Court denial. Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 8 July 2025 Each year, roughly 255,000 children could be born without U.S. citizenship, creating a growing population of stateless residents, according to the data. David Catanese, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for stateless

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stateless was in 1858

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“Stateless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stateless. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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