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View synonyms for unhoused

unhoused

[ uhn-hohzd ]

adjective

  1. without a house or housing; not housed:

    Unhoused cables can sag and fall into the work area, becoming a health and safety risk.

  2. being without a house to live in or lacking permanent housing; houseless; homeless:

    One hundred percent of your donations are used to provide warm meals, first aid, and more to our unhoused neighbors.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of unhoused1

First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1( def ) + house ( def ) + -ed 2( def )
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Example Sentences

The poor quarters of the city proper are constantly being destroyed, and the main stream of the unhoused is toward the east.

It took the fever of jealousy and disappointment out of my soul to sleep in the great bosom of the unhoused night.

This first reach of your vision is the life-track of the fathers and mothers unhoused among these mountains.

Unhoused and often unsheltered, the wild things suffer as we hardly yet understand.

Carlyle was like an unhoused soul, naked and bare to every wind that blows.

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