: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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With the expiration date rapidly approaching, Miller’s group and other homeless outreach organizations are looking for help.—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024 Originally Published: December 14, 2024 at 5:00 AM EST
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A homeless man got five years in prison for a $30 drug delivery.—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024 Penny, who was recently found not guilty in the subway chokehold death of homeless man Jordan Neely, joined President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance in a suite at Northwest Stadium in Maryland for the 125th Army-Navy game Saturday.—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024 The city has only one youth-specific shelter, The Nest, to address the needs of thousands of homeless youths.—Jasmyne B. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024 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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