homeless

adjective

home·​less ˈhōm-ləs 

: having no home or permanent place of residence

homelessness noun

Examples of homeless in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Of the roughly 227 homeless people who died in Sacramento County last year, the coroner’s office listed fentanyl as a cause for 47 of them. —Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024

That’s how much cities and other local governments have been receiving from the state each year to deal with California’s ever-increasing population of homeless people. —Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024

Those most in danger from the heat are people outdoors, especially homeless people in downtown areas who often lack sufficient access to things like water, shade and air conditioning. —Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 June 2024

But beyond it, Morgan sketches a real Manhattan ruled by prurient and destructive masculine appetites, from subway tunnels occupied by ad hoc homeless communities to office towers where the city’s most powerful residents impose their wills on millions of fellow New Yorkers. —Judy Berman, TIME, 31 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing homeless

• the homeless

Kids Definition

homeless

adjective

home·​less -ləs 

: having no home or permanent residence

homelessness noun