houseless
4.7
An area with no houses or permanent buildings
- adjective
- /ˈhaʊsləs/
:
sin hogar
- In short, if one could imagine it, down the road leading off the right frame, there would be more of the same peopleless, houseless road, lined only by telephone poles identical to those in the painting.
Examples
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The city had many houseless areas where families struggled to find shelter.
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After the earthquake, numerous houseless individuals sought refuge in temporary shelters.
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The documentary highlighted the plight of houseless people living in urban parks.
How Built-Up
Surface Forms
houseless positive
Morphology
Etymology
Houseless comes from house and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So a 'houseless' place is one that has no houses or buildings.