roofless

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roofless

The hurricane left hundreds of houses roofless.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Without a roof: Describes a building, structure, or space that lacks a covering roof.
    • Homeless or without shelter: Describes a person or entity that is deprived of a home, security, or protection, often in a physical or spiritual sense.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The abandoned factory stood roofless, open to the sky.
    • After the tornado, many families were left roofless and sought refuge in shelters.
    • The novel portrays the roofless souls wandering the city, seeking purpose.
Advanced Usage
  • Figurative Use: Can describe a state of vulnerability or exposure beyond physical homelessness.
    • His confession left him feeling emotionally roofless and exposed.
Variants and Related Words
  • Rooflessness (n): The state or condition of being without a roof or shelter.
    • The rooflessness of the building accelerated its decay.
Synonyms
  • Unroofed: Having no roof (specifically for structures).
  • Homeless: Lacking a home or permanent residence.
  • Destitute: Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
Antonyms
  • Roofed: Covered with a roof.
  • Housed: Provided with shelter or a home.
roofless

The hurricane left hundreds of houses roofless.

Adjective
  1. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
    • made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another- James Stern
  2. not having a roof
    • the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless

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