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unsheltered
[ uhn-shel-terd ]
adjective
- not protected or shielded, as from storms or missiles, by a wall, roof, barrier, dense vegetative cover, or the like: The beach is unsheltered from northern winds and gets big waves in late summer.
Eastside residents now face a steep climb uphill to an unsheltered bus stop if they want to use public transportation.
The beach is unsheltered from northern winds and gets big waves in late summer.
Veterans experiencing homelessness were more likely to be classified as unsheltered—living in cars, public parks, or under highway overpasses.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unsheltered1
Example Sentences
According to the plan, for example, unsheltered homelessness would decrease 30% from the latest count of 52,365 to 36,656.
For example, reducing the number of unsheltered people by 30%.
The number of “unsheltered” homeless — people living on the street — in Los Angeles fell by more than 10% from 2023 to 2024 after years of increases, according to the annual count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
Such a requirement — beyond exceeding the president's authority over state-run elections — would effectively silence the voice of college students registering for the first time, unsheltered voters and Native voters, argued the Arizona Students' Association, one of the parties to the lawsuit.
The analysis also found that more than 7% of those active federal-only voters live in precincts on or close to Native reservations — compared to the just 2.5% of registered voters who live on tribal land in the state — and that the precinct that's home to the state's main homeless shelter, which has mailboxes unsheltered people can use as a mailing address, had more than 265 federal-only voters.
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