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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 securityplay

  Familiarity information: DISPOSSESSED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISPOSSESSED (adjective)


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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