# homeless

Pronunciation: US say "HOHM-lis" /ˈhoʊmlɪs/; UK say "HOHM-luhs" /ˈhəʊmləs/

## Adjective

1. Without a fixed, permanent place to live or stay.
   - Simple: Having no permanent place to live.
   - _The flood left hundreds of residents homeless overnight._
   - _Volunteers handed out warm meals to homeless families downtown._
2. Containing no place that could be called home.
   - Simple: Having no part inside it that feels like a home.
   - _The poem evokes a bleak, homeless landscape stripped of all comfort._
   - _Refugees crossed a homeless expanse of ruins where nothing felt like shelter._

## Noun

3. An offensive term for a person who lacks a permanent home. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: An unkind word for a person who has no home.
   - _A homeless huddled in the doorway as the shop owner locked up for the night._
   - _Officers cleared every homeless from the underpass before the parade._

## Origin

From Middle English homles, from Old English hāmlēas ("homeless"), made from home plus -less. It is related to Dutch heemloos and Danish hjemløs ("homeless").

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