homeless
Lacking a permanent place of residence.
Example
“Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.”
Other meanings
Containing no place that might be called home.
Related words
- antihomeless
- homelessly
- nonhomeless
- homeless dumping
- homeless shelter
- homelessness
- politically homeless
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "hāmlēas".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “homeless” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.