: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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The Butte County sheriff described the gunman as a homeless, mentally ill man with a long criminal record who targeted the school due to its affiliation with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 Penny, a 26-year-old former U.S. Marine, faced manslaughter and criminal negligent homicide charges in the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who performed as a street artist.—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024 Penny, a 25-year-old former Marine, put Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, in a six-minute-long chokehold after Neely boarded a subway car acting erratically, according to police.—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2024 Penny’s trial revolves around an altercation on the New York City subway in May of 2023 that was recorded and later went viral, leading to Penny being charged with the manslaughter of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Black homeless man and former street performer, after a six-minute-long chokehold.—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for homeless
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of homeless was
before the 12th century
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