houseless

English

Etymology

From Middle English housles, equivalent to house +‎ -less.

Adjective

houseless (comparative more houseless, superlative most houseless)

  1. lacking or in need of a house or home
    "He said that he was houseless but not homeless because he went to school in that community, was registered to vote there, and had been living in the teepee for seventeen years. He said that teepee was his home."
  2. homeless but not wanting for local ties, affiliations or roots in a particular community.

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