homeless
pronunciation
How to pronounce homeless in British English:
UK [ˈhəʊmləs]
How to pronounce homeless in American English:
US [ˈhoʊmləs]
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- Noun:
- someone with no housing
- people who are homeless
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- Adjective:
- without nationality or citizenship
- physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
Word Origin
- homeless (adj.)
- 1610s, from home (n.) + -less. Old English had hamleas, but the modern word probably is a new formation. As a noun meaning "homeless persons," by 1857.
Example
- 1. But technology is helping homeless people in other ways .
- 2. There is also growing competition between vendors , partly because more people are homeless .
- 3. The refresh project succeeded in gathering 80m online votes and helped numerous homeless shelters and orphanages .
- 4. The earthquake that struck kashmir in october 2005 killed over 70000 people and made 3m homeless .
- 5. Such fixes may let outsiders help the homeless .