houseless
Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in generalLacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
» There are more than enough peopleless houses for all the houseless people in the world.
Meaning
3 sensesLacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
Lacking a permanent place of residence but not a ‘home’ in the broader sense, for example in the form of a community.
Containing no house or place of refuge; wild or inhospitable.
Examples
3 sentencesThere are more than enough peopleless houses for all the houseless people in the world.
Arm the houseless.
Houseless people need houses.
ruБездомным нужны дома.
Origin
From Middle English housles, from Old English *hūslēas, from Proto-West Germanic *hūslaus,From Middle English housles, from Old English *hūslēas, from Proto-West Germanic *hūslaus, from Proto-Germanic *hūsalausaz, equivalent to house + -less. Cognate with West Frisian húsleas (“houseless”), Dutch huisloos (“houseless”), German hauslos (“houseless”), Danish husløs (“houseless”), Swedish huslös (“houseless”), Icelandic húslaus (“houseless”).
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Forms
more houseless, most houseless| Comparative | more houseless Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most houseless Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form