unhoused

American  

[uhn-hohzd] / ʌnˈhoʊzd /

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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Sensitive Note

See homeless ( def. ).

Etymology

Origin of unhoused

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

Example Sentences

Plus, Gil insisted, as he always did, that those were trespassers anyway, not his approved unhoused community of neighbors.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

That strip of land is where unhoused people congregated until Evans said she and others complained and the city put up fencing and placed boulders to keep them out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Maybe it had nothing to do with the unhoused neighbors, or with the housed neighbors either.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

A bus whooshes by, an unhoused man screams as he walks by with a shopping cart.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

There is an utter want of pity for the poor in permitting them to go unhoused, unfed and unclothed, unless there shall be a profit by increase in supplying their wants.

From Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View by Elliott, Calvin

Related Words

• homeless
• houseless
• unsheltered