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unsheltered

[ uhn-shel-terd ]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. being without a house or lacking permanent housing; houseless; homeless:

    Veterans experiencing homelessness were more likely to be classified as unsheltered—living in cars, public parks, or under highway overpasses.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unsheltered1

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- 1( def ) + sheltered ( def )
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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.

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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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Results for the city of Los Angeles were even more encouraging, with the number of “unsheltered” homeless — people living on the street — falling by more than 10%.

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County, the unsheltered homeless population is projected to continue declining for a second consecutive year, according to a recent report by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

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“We have said that it will probably take about three years for unsheltered homeless to go down.... It’s taken us two.”

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