homelessness

homeless | American Dictionary

homeless
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈhoʊm·ləs/
having no place to live:
a homeless person

homelessness

noun[ U ]us/ˈhoʊm·ləs·nəs/
Homelessness is a major problem in large cities.
homeless
plural noun
us/ˈhoʊm·ləs/
people who do not have a home, usually because they are poor:
The homeless sometimes have to sleep in the streets.

Examples of homeless

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Trapped by a lack of resources homeless people profoundly experience society's inequalities, which has consequences for prioritizing goals.
The natural disaster left a huge number of people homeless.
The community psychiatric nurse from the homeless mental health team described the role of this general medical practitioner as 'invaluable' to their team.
Approximately 25% of homeless people had spent significant periods in psychiatric care.
The starkest examples in this study came from observation of specialist teams working with the homeless and refugees.
Historically, limited district (home) nursing services were provided, as required, to single homeless people residing in a few hostels.
Few studies focused on special patient groups such as homeless people or people with co-morbid substance misuse.
Not necessarily all of them were homeless; actually some had a place to live although people called them ' 'beggars' ' and they acknowledged this categorization.
Predictors of becoming redomiciled among older homeless women.
Tenancy failure by 24 months associated with prolonged homelessness and continuing contacts with homeless people.
Thus, homeless boys fared worse than squatters, but much better than villagers in terms of pathogen exposure.
We homeless ones are a law-abiding class of citizens, but even the worm will turn when trodden upon.
Finally, although this case study demonstrated effective interdisciplinary working, formalized multidisciplinary teams for the homeless population are probably required.
In 1943 raids became significantly more frequent and intense, with thousands of people regularly being rendered homeless by single raids.
One such question is whether the beggars we encounter on the streets of our cities are hungry or homeless.
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