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DISPOSSESSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dispossessed mean?
• DISPOSSESSED (adjective)
The adjective DISPOSSESSED has 1 sense:
1. physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
Familiarity information: DISPOSSESSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
Synonyms:
dispossessed; homeless; roofless
Context example:
made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another
Similar:
unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)
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