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.

Sensitive Note

See homeless ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of unhoused¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• homeless
• houseless
• unsheltered