[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/homelessness.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / homelessness

[← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/H/)

# homelessness

«homelessness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of having no home or no safe, regular place to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (homelessness; no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Homelessness is the state of having no home or no safe, regular place to live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#m1)

2) The problem in a town or country of many people having no homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in news, school lessons on society and charity work. Phrases: «tackle homelessness», «end homelessness», «homelessness charity». It tells the reader about people without a place to live.

### examples

- The charity works to end homelessness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#x1)
- Homelessness can happen to anyone who loses their job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#x2)
- Our school raised money for a homelessness shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#x3)
- Cold winters are hardest for people facing homelessness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#x4)
- The council has a plan to reduce homelessness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#x5)
- We learned about homelessness in our citizenship class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: homeless (a homeless person; «the homeless»). Kind language: «people experiencing homelessness». Spelling: home-less-ness.

### In the corpora

- ["Person experiencing homelessness" (official US) means a homeless person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «homelessness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homelessness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.