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mishoused

mishoused adjective: provided with a dwelling or setting that is inadequate.

Adjective

mishoused (comparative more mishoused, superlative most mishoused)

  1. Provided with a dwelling or setting that is inadequate.
    • The obvious remedy for this problem is the provision of suitable accommodation for all these mishoused patients.1967, Barbara Robb, Sans Everything: A Case to Answer, page 124
    • It is the source of many discontents among the millions of mishoused and dishoused families yearning to be rehoused.1975, George Albert Steiner, Business and Society, page 297

Forms of mishoused

comparativemore mishoused
superlativemost mishoused
alternative formmis-housed

Origin of mishoused

From mis- + housed.

Questions about mishoused

What does mishoused mean?
Mishoused means provided with a dwelling or setting that is inadequate.
What part of speech is mishoused?
Mishoused is an adjective.

Words near mishoused in the dictionary

  1. mishoons
  2. mishope
  3. mishoped
  4. mishopes
  5. mishoping
  6. mishoused
  7. mishpachah
  8. mishpocha
  9. mishpochas
  10. mishpoche
  11. mishpocheh

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