unhoused en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈhaʊzd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English unhoused From un- + house + -ed.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Driven from one's home.
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(euphemistic, not-comparable) Homeless.
But there was that dissonance. On the way to work, I would pass people shooting up drugs in front of the subway stations, the unhoused peeing on sidewalks just blocks from my office.
2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN:But on Feb. 24, [Sanai] Graden made a new video for her now 930,800 followers. Gone was the college student embracing the opportunity to help an unhoused man.
2024 March 12, Kyle Swenson, Amber Ferguson, “A TikToker raised $400K for an 'unhoused man. Then things got messy.”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2024: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.
2017, Robert Rosenberger, Callous Objects: Designs against the Homeless, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN: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.
2022 July 18, Sam Levin, “As police crack down on homelessness, unhoused end up in Mojave desert”, in The Guardian:
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(not-comparable) Not located within a housing.
an unhoused engine