homelessness

Variant of homeless

homeless definition

home·less (hōm′lis)

adjective

having no home; without a permanent place of residence

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homeless Idioms

the homeless

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those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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