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HOMELESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homelessness mean? 

HOMELESSNESS (noun)
  The noun HOMELESSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)play

  Familiarity information: HOMELESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOMELESSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("homelessness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homelessness"):

vagrancy (the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood)

Derivation:

homeless (physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security)


 Context examples 


Contact your local homelessness assistance agency.

(Homeless Health Concerns, NIH)

Drug abuse can lead to homelessness, crime, and missed work or problems with keeping a job.

(Drug Abuse, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)



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