VocabJLPT N1
homeless
の-AdjectiveNoun

Definitions

  1. 1. homeless
  2. 2. homeless person
  3. 3. Homelessness
A loanword describing a person who has no fixed home or permanent place to live. It is used in social and news contexts to discuss issues related to housing and poverty, and carries a neutral to sympathetic tone.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

The benches at the station were removed, leaving homeless people with nowhere to go.

Sentence 2

An article said more companies are hiring homeless people.

Sentence 3

Last month's statistics on the homeless population were made public.

Sentence 4

"Giving handouts to homeless people is counterproductive," he said flatly.

Sentence 5

Isn't it just wrong to treat homeless people like criminals in the first place?