unhoused
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈhaʊzd/
- The city organized a fundraising event to help support unhoused individuals in the community.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd we haven't addressed as a society the structural issues that go into them being unemployed, unhoused.
- And we haven't addressed as a society the structural issues that go into them being unemployed, unhoused.
Examples
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Local shelters are overwhelmed with the number of unhoused people seeking assistance during the winter.
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Trying to figure out what people think I am getting out of being an advocate for my unhoused friends when they say that the people living on Lake View Hill are my pawns for political purposes?
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I am still unsatisfied with the way the camping, parks, and portapotty issues were dealt with, and I plan to pursue some type of ordinance amendment to facilitate camping and community living for unhoused people who are unable or unwilling to access shelter.
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Many families have become unhoused due to the recent economic downturn, struggling to find shelter.
Synonyms
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7.5
Without a home because of a disaster or bad luck
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5.4
Without a safe place to stay and exposed to the weather
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8.9
A person or group who does not have shelter and the help they need
Antonyms
How Housed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unhoused = housed (transparent) = un + house + ed
Negation 'un-' + 'housed' yields 'not having housing' (without a permanent home), a directly inferable social meaning.
Etymology
Unhoused is made of un- ('not') and house ('home'), so it literally means 'not having a house'; that's why it describes people who do not have a permanent home or stable housing.