What does Homeless mean?

Definitions for Homeless
ˈhoʊm lɪshome·less

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Homeless.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. homeless, homeless personnoun

    someone unfortunate without housing

    "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park"

  2. homelessadjective

    poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in

    "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"

  3. homeless, statelessadjective

    without nationality or citizenship

    "stateless persons"

  4. dispossessed, homeless, rooflessadjective

    physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security

    "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern

Wiktionary

  1. homelessadjective

    Lacking a permanent place of residence.

    Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Homelessadjective

    destitute of a home

  2. Etymology: [AS. hmleas.]

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Homeless' in Adjectives Frequency: #996

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Homeless in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Homeless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Homeless in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Kamplain:

    The people who are not insured, the homeless individuals, people who are really economically impacted due to COVID.

  2. Donald Gould:

    It passes a lot of time and I’m homeless; that’s my hustle out here.

  3. Anita Mason:

    I will never forget her smile, her face, her walk, her desire to help homeless people, the world focuses on the last month of her life. She had a whole entire life before her demise. Hundreds of people were affected by her life and were saddened by her death.

  4. Ruth Lowry:

    It is clear from the numbers reporting fear of being judged by important others who know them and by health professionals that stigma remains a crucial barrier to address in any sexual health promotion intervention, the findings have also shown that groups with one or more socio-economic disadvantages, such as homeless people, sex workers, non-native language speakers and migrants, are at even greater risk of being unaware of their sexual health and unable to access the appropriate services.

  5. David Sapp:

    Not only were the local VA officials not using the land to house homeless vets, but they were actually affirmatively misusing the property by entering into these private-use agreements that had nothing to do with healthcare, housing or otherwise serving veterans.

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    (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
    • A. occasional
    • B. opaque
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