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underhoused

underhoused adjective: inadequately housed.

Adjective

underhoused (comparative more underhoused, superlative most underhoused)

  1. Inadequately housed.
    • [B]ut greater Bombay almost doubles the number of overworked, underhoused and underfed citizens.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 160

Forms of underhoused

comparativemore underhoused
superlativemost underhoused

Origin of underhoused

From under- + housed.

Questions about underhoused

What does underhoused mean?
Underhoused means inadequately housed.
What part of speech is underhoused?
Underhoused is an adjective.

Words near underhoused in the dictionary

  1. underhorsed
  2. underhorseman
  3. underhorsemen
  4. underhose
  5. underhouse
  6. underhoused
  7. underhousemaid
  8. underhousemaids
  9. underhue
  10. underhues
  11. underhum

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