unsheltered
- adjective
- /ʌnˈʃɛltərd/
:
desprotegido
- The role of housing in health services utilization is further supported in our study, in which those veterans with stable sheltering arrangements, independent of mental health and substance abuse comorbidities, had 50% lower odds of inappropriate ED use than did those who were unsheltered, emergency sheltered, or in doubled-up arrangements.
Examples
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Many people were left unsheltered after the severe storm damaged their homes.
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"He picked up his saddle and blanket roll and carried them over to an unsheltered corner of the pen.
Fiction book (1994) -
"That was an incredibly mild winter, and we were very fortunate we had that because we had so many people unsheltered.
Blog text (3) -
If you're in downtown for the unsheltered, they're everywhere.
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Warehouses often overflowed, and goods were damaged on the narrow, unsheltered apron.
Academic text (1991) -
Combat-related PTSD is a factor that separates homeless veterans from their unsheltered counterparts.
Academic text (2004) -
During the winter months, the unsheltered often face harsh weather conditions that put their lives at risk.
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The city's efforts to help the unsheltered included providing warm meals and temporary shelters during the cold nights.
Synonyms
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4.1
With no top covering so rain and wind can get in
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3.4
Not protected from danger or bad weather
A person or group who does not have shelter and the help they need
A building with no covering on top
Antonyms
How Sheltered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsheltered is made of un- ('not') and shelter ('cover' or 'protection'), so it literally means 'not under a cover'. That's why unsheltered describes people who have no safe place to stay and are exposed to the weather.