home·less

(hōm′lĭs)

adj.

Having no home or haven.

n. (used with a pl. verb)

People without homes considered as a group. Often used with the.

home′less·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

homelessness - the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)

condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

vagrancy - the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood

Translations

Obdachlosigkeit

itinérancesans-abrisme

hajléktalanság

bezdomność

homelessness

[ˈhəʊmlɪsnɪs] N → el estar sin hogar
the increase in homelessness → el aumento de la cifra de los que no tienen hogar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

homelessness

[ˈhəʊmləsnɪs] n → problème m des sans-abri
The only way to solve homelessness is to provide more homes → La seule manière de résoudre le problème des sans-abri est de construire plus de logements.homeless shelter n → foyer m pour sans-abrihome life n → vie f de famillehome loan n → prêt m immobilierhome-loving adj → casanier/ière

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

homelessness

n falta de vivienda or hogar

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