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How to pronounce homelessness in English?

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Type Words
Type of condition, status
Has types vagrancy
Derivation homeless

Examples of homelessness

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Not stigmatizing homelessness is as important as any specific program or policy.
From the chron.com
St. Louis takes its next homelessness survey in conjunction with HUD in January.
From the stltoday.com
As we know, homelessness has many faces, including women, children and families.
From the thestate.com
Kanis now lives in New York, working for an institute that combats homelessness.
From the stltoday.com
So, what's with this column on Marbut and his approach to reducing homelessness?
From the heraldtribune.com
She endured six months of homelessness before being given a self-contained flat.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Homelessness is, of course, an issue that brings up some conflicting intuitions.
From the economist.com
I reckon if you all did that there would be no homelessness problem in Brighton.
From the theargus.co.uk
But there are others who are scratching and fighting to get out of homelessness.
From the huffingtonpost.com
More examples
  • The state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
  • (homeless) someone unfortunate without housing; "a homeless was found murdered in Central Park"
  • (homeless) without nationality or citizenship; "stateless persons"
  • (homeless) dispossessed: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
  • (homeless) poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in; "the homeless became a problem in the large cities"
  • Homelessness is the condition and social category of people without a regular house or dwelling because they cannot afford, do not desire, or are otherwise unable to maintain regular, safe, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. ...
  • (Homeless (film)) Homeless is a documentary film by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh.
  • (Homeless) (HUD Definition): (1) an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; or (2) an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is: (A) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including ...
  • (Homeless) A person who lives on the street or in a shelter for the homeless.