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roofless

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roof·less  (rfls, rf-)
adj.
1. Lacking a roof.
2. Having no home or shelter; homeless or destitute.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.roofless - not having a roof; "the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless"
roofed - covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination); "roofed picnic areas"; "a slate-roofed house"; "palmleaf-roofed huts"
2.roofless - physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
dispossessed, homeless
unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
Translations
roofless [ˈruːflɪs] ADJ → sin techo


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"Not up," I replied, "for I noticed particularly that while the building is roofless it is covered with a strong metal grating.
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The red weed grew tumultuously in their roofless rooms.
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I shall never forget his face as it looked one night when he told me about the solitary day he spent among the sea temples at Paestum: the soft wind blowing through the roofless columns, the birds flying low over the flowering marsh grasses, the changing lights on the silver, cloud-hung mountains.
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