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houselessness

houselessness noun: lack of a house and any other roof; by extension, being out of house and home.

Noun

houselessness (uncountable)

  1. Lack of a house and any other roof; by extension, being out of house and home.
    • Houseless and Homeless. The estimate of the New York Housing Conference Secretary, Mr. Edward P. Doyle, that it will take half a billion dollars to overcome the present housing shortage, is probably not an exaggerated presentation of the plight New York is in in this respect. Furthermore, the...1920 June 26, Harvey's Weekly, volume 3, number 26, page 14
    Synonyms:
    homelessness
  2. Lack of a house but not of a home.
    • He said that his houselessness was not homelessness because he went to school in that community, was registered to vote there, and had been living in the teepee for seventeen years. He said that teepee was his home.

Synonyms of houselessness

Origin of houselessness

From houseless + -ness.

Questions about houselessness

What does houselessness mean?
Houselessness means lack of a house and any other roof; by extension, being out of house and home.
What part of speech is houselessness?
Houselessness is a noun.

Words near houselessness in the dictionary

  1. houseleaders
  2. houseled
  3. houseleek
  4. houseleeks
  5. houseless
  6. houselessness
  7. houselet
  8. houselets
  9. houselight
  10. houselights
  11. houselike

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