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homelessness
[ hohm-lis-nis ]
noun
- lack of permanent housing, especially this condition generally as a matter of public concern:
The city partners with community groups to offer resources for youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
- lack of a feeling of belonging; rootlessness or restlessness:
He writes about a feeling of homelessness after immigration, when he felt neither firmly bound to his native culture nor fully adapted to the new one.
Sensitive Note
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of homelessness1
Example Sentences
Escanuela’s crisis was detected not by a person but a predictive statistical model that was developed to solve a conundrum that has made homelessness prevention a tantalizing but underused strategy.
“In recent years, California dreams have transformed into California nightmares of skyrocketing crime and dystopian scenes of homelessness and open-air drug use,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said.
“In recent years, California dreams have transformed into California nightmares of skyrocketing crime and dystopian scenes of homelessness and open-air drug use,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement to The Times.
“Much of this is a reflection on what’s happening downtown with the homelessness, with the increased vacancy, with the safety factor,” Weiss said.
About half a million people in the UK currently live in supported housing, including young care leavers, army veterans, people with learning disabilities and those escaping homelessness or domestic abuse.
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