: having no home or permanent place of residence : unhoused
homelessnessnoun
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Mayor Adams on Thursday touted the results of a program aimed at getting homeless people out of the subway system.—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025 Each year, the service raises funds for the San Diego Rescue Mission, a nonprofit that assists homeless people.—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025 Buoyed by a positive trend in the annual homeless count, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority released a preview projecting a decline of between 5% and 10% when a full statistical analysis is completed in the coming months.—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025 One of the tax’s principal backers was Alvah Chapman, a former Miami Herald publisher and homeless crusader.—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 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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