homeless

CEFRB1

/ˈhoʊmlɪs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having no home or permanent place to live.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A person who is homeless.

Examples

  • The homeless sought shelter from a shower.

  • The homeless sought shelter from the chilly shower.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Containing no place that might be called home.

  2. Lacking a permanent place of residence.

More examples

In context

  • The scheme has been set up to help homeless people.

  • Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

  • Oszlár Kálmán András, Yoga in the Bed: Tantric Continence & Spiritual Intimacy […] the jobseekers and homelesses or even the future prime minister, all of us are involved in formation of the new world.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).