unhoused

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ house +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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unhoused

  1. simple past and past participle of unhouse

Adjective

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unhoused (not comparable)

  1. Driven from one's home.
  2. Homeless.
    • 2017, Robert Rosenberger, Callous Objects: Designs against the Homeless[1], U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN:
      This combination of law and design can sometimes be so effective that it renders the entire problem of homelessness—and also the unhoused people themselves—invisible to others.
    • 2022 July 18, Sam Levin, “As police crack down on homelessness, unhoused end up in Mojave desert”, in The Guardian[2]:
      In a remote stretch of southern California desert, at least 200 unhoused people live outside, battling the extremes: blazing hot temperatures in the summer, snow in winter, rugged terrain inaccessible to many vehicles, a constant wind that blankets everything with silt, and no running water for miles.
  3. Not located within a housing.
    an unhoused engine

Antonyms

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