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. — Wezel
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