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homeless plural noun

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Definition

the homeless
people who do not have a home, usually because they are poor

homelessness noun

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One common cause of homelessness is separation or divorce.

(Definition of homeless plural noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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