Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without a house or habitation; without shelter: as, the houseless child of want.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective lacking or in need of a
house orhome - adjective
homeless but not wanting for local ties, affiliations or roots in a particular community.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Were ye not friendless, houseless, penniless, when I took ye by the handand are ye not expelling meme, and that innocent girlfriendless, houseless, and penniless, from the house that has sheltered us and ours for a thousand years?
Chapter XIII 1917
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(Companions of the bench or sofa) were certain houseless Believers lodged by the Prophet.
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Heavy D was incredibly articulate and funny and had so much going for her it was just so baffling as to why she was "houseless," as she put it.
Andrew Jenks Dives Into a Different Reality Each Week on MTV's World of Jenks 2010
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Heavy D was incredibly articulate and funny and had so much going for her it was just so baffling as to why she was "houseless," as she put it.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Heavy D was incredibly articulate and funny and had so much going for her it was just so baffling as to why she was "houseless," as she put it.
FOXNews.com 2010
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As far as I can see, it's not the "houseless" who are "pulling down" houses!
unknown title 2009
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform 2010
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But one of the things that differentiates you from other documentary filmmakers is that you're shown as an active character in the story and at least in what I've seen in your episode following the houseless girl in San Francisco, it looks as though at times, you sometimes pass judgment on the situation.
Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes with Andrew Jenks Fabio Periera 2010
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But one of the things that differentiates you from other documentary filmmakers is that you're shown as an active character in the story and at least in what I've seen in your episode following the houseless girl in San Francisco, it looks as though at times, you sometimes pass judgment on the situation.
Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes with Andrew Jenks Fabio Periera 2010
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"Where the Northern Lights come down o 'nights to dance on the houseless snow."
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