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Homeless vs Unwanted - What's the difference?

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Homeless is a related term of unwanted.


As adjectives the difference between homeless and unwanted

is that homeless is lacking a permanent place of residence while unwanted is not wanted, welcome or acceptable.

As a noun unwanted is

one who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.

homeless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Lacking a permanent place of residence.
    • Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

    Derived terms

    * homeless dumping * homeless shelter * homelessness

    Related terms

    * home

    See also

    * destitute * bum * unhoused * transient

    unwanted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not wanted, welcome or acceptable

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "unwanted" is often applied: effect, consequence, pregnancy, child, baby, person, guest, visitor, gift, thought, element, sound, sex, feature.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.
  • * 1963 , The Nyasaland Journal (volumes 16-17, page 12)
    • What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities
  • * 1970 , Triumph (volumes 5-6, page 7)
    • There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds . It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.