{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/from-witch-to-ghoul-heres-how-these-spooky-figures-got-their-names/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"From \"Witch\" to \"Ghoul,\" Here's How These Spooky Figures Got Their Names","content":{"topicLabel":"Holidays 🧛👻"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/from-witch-to-ghoul-heres-how-these-spooky-figures-got-their-names-20251027.png","description":"Find out how \"ghost\" is related to \"poltergeist,\" why monsters were once seen as bad omens, and which graveyard dweller's name took a strange journey from Arabic to English. You'll be haunted by these realizations!","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/science-fiction-quiz","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"science-fiction-quiz","questionNumber":"1"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/ampersand/","text":"What Are Ampersands and How Do You Use Them?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/ways-to-say/s/dog-words/","text":"14 Paw-some Words About Dogs That Will Have You Rolling Over"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/gen-z-stare/","text":"What Is the Gen Z Stare?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/football-terms/","text":"28 Football Terms to Make You Sound Like a Pro"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/strange-animal-groups-listicle/","text":"A Smack of Jellyfish and Other Unique Animal Group Names"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/10-interesting-words-from-taylor-swifts-showgirl-album/","text":"10 Interesting Words from Taylor Swift's \"Showgirl\" Album"}],"topicLabel":"🎶"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/whomever-vs-whoever/","text":"\"Whomever\" vs. \"Whoever\": What's the Difference?"}],"topicLabel":"Grammar"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/words-for-scorpios/","text":"These Are Some of the Best Words to Describe Scorpios"}],"topicLabel":"Astrology ♏"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"8orDQ7PUfabQ4e5YmXHwS","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6742491-57","sentence":"“If he had a track record of solving huge problems like homelessness, or the social safety net, he’d be a more palatable candidate,” he added.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-10-26T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-26T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-26/la-me-newsom-president","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Jenny Jarvie","title":"Newsom, Harris both considering runs for president in 2028"},"offsets":[56,68]},{"id":"6742196-5","sentence":"At the same time, however, the city has battled waves of gang violence, drug trafficking and growing homelessness.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-10-25T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-25T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-25/homelessness-drugs-plague-macarthur-park-will-a-multimillion-dollar-fence-help","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Nathan Solis","title":"Drugs, crime and homelessness plague MacArthur Park. Can a multimillion-dollar fence rescue it?"},"offsets":[101,113]},{"id":"6739904-36","sentence":"Residents complained of homelessness and open drug use.","source":{"sourceName":"The Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-10-20T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-20T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/economy/san-francisco-is-back-cb4a58b1","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Katherine Bindley | Photography by Laura Morton for WSJ","title":"San Francisco Emerges From the Shadow of a Doom Loop"},"offsets":[24,36]},{"id":"6739725-59","sentence":"For employees who might experience a bout of homelessness, most Provalus offices have showers and laundry rooms.","source":{"sourceName":"The Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-10-19T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-19T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/these-jobs-often-go-overseas-one-company-is-bringing-them-to-rural-america-127f110c","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Lauren Weber | Photography by Brett Deering for WSJ","title":"These Jobs Often Go Overseas. One Company Is Bringing Them to Rural America."},"offsets":[45,57]},{"id":"6739548-12","sentence":"None shied away from the fact that San Francisco has problems, especially with homelessness.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-10-18T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-18T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-18/trump-federal-troops-san-francisco","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Kevin Rector","title":"Federal troops in San Francisco? Locals, leaders scoff at Trump's plan"},"offsets":[79,91]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"homelessness"},"requestId":"Dzn09f235B7AEUh5MIAVI","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"relatedEntries":[{"headword":"vagrancy","partOfSpeech":"noun","shortDefinition":"itinerancy","slug":"vagrancy","synonyms":[{"headword":"homelessness","slug":"homelessness"},{"headword":"vagabondage","slug":"vagabondage"}]}],"slug":"homelessness"},"meta":{"arg":"homelessness","requestId":"smkMoZVHJ9dSGDnw4a5ZI","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:39Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"homelessness","standardForm":"homelessness"},"id":"6097f68300000000e000197b","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:39Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"homelessness","groups":["e","ee","eee","h","l","m","n","o","s","ss","sss","ssss"],"numLetters":12,"reverse":"ssensselemoh","subwordTokens":["homelessness","omelessness","melessness","elessness","lessness","essness","ssness","sness","ness","ess","ss","s"]},"normalizedLetter":"h","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"vagrancy","id":"6097f87c00000002b7002713","slug":"vagrancy"},"targetEntryId":"6097f87c00000002b7002718","type":"as-in"}],"id":"6097f68300000000e0001980","ordinal":1,"shortText":"itinerancy","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"vagabondage","id":"6097f87c00000002b700268e","slug":"vagabondage"},"similarity":50}]}],"id":"6097f683bb1f88f7c11d6a6c","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"614b056500000002d900f42e","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.flac","mpeg":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.mp3","ogg":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.ogg","wav":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.wav"},"id":"614b056500000002d900f42f","ipa":{"text":"ˈhoʊm lɪs nɪs"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2,3],"html":"hohm-lis-nis","text":"hohm-lis-nis"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"homelessness","source":"random-house","subType":"as-in","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"homelessness","requestId":"Hw1M1Ed3T_O25gLueDoJ9","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-09-22T10:28:53Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"homelessness","standardForm":"homelessness","syllabicForm":"home·less·ness"},"id":"614b056500000002d900d9e1","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-09-22T10:28:53Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"homelessness","groups":["e","ee","eee","h","l","m","n","o","s","ss","sss","ssss"],"numLetters":12,"reverse":"ssensselemoh","subwordTokens":["homelessness","omelessness","melessness","elessness","lessness","essness","ssness","sness","ness","ess","ss","s"]},"normalizedLetter":"h","notes":[{"source":"dcom","text":"See homeless ( def. ).","type":"sensitive"}],"ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"614b056500000002d900d9eb","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1810–20; homeless ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"examples":[{"sentence":"The city partners with community groups to offer resources for youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability."}],"id":"614b056500000002d900d9e7","ordinal":1,"source":"dcom","text":"lack of permanent housing, especially this condition generally as a matter of public concern."},{"examples":[{"sentence":"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."}],"id":"614b056500000002d900dd2d","ordinal":2,"source":"dcom","text":"lack of a feeling of belonging; rootlessness or restlessness."}],"id":"614b056500000002d900d9e6","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"614b056500000002d900f42e","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.flac","mpeg":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.mp3","ogg":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.ogg","wav":"NEW2016/homelessness_010/homelessness_010.wav"},"id":"614b056500000002d900f42f","ipa":{"text":"ˈhoʊm lɪs nɪs"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2,3],"html":"hohm-lis-nis","text":"hohm-lis-nis"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"homelessness","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"homelessness","requestId":"MJT8tLZn8-Ki-i6be7wMu","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"homelessness","slug":"homelessness"},{"displayForm":"hopelessness","slug":"hopelessness"},{"displayForm":"carelessness","slug":"carelessness"},{"displayForm":"guilelessness","slug":"guilelessness"},{"displayForm":"comeliness","slug":"comeliness"},{"displayForm":"homeless","slug":"homeless"},{"displayForm":"lawlessness","slug":"lawlessness"},{"displayForm":"listlessness","slug":"listlessness"},{"displayForm":"restlessness","slug":"restlessness"},{"displayForm":"selflessness","slug":"selflessness"},{"displayForm":"covetousness","slug":"covetousness"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"homelessness","slug":"homelessness"},{"displayForm":"hopelessness","slug":"hopelessness"},{"displayForm":"shamelessness","slug":"shamelessness"},{"displayForm":"namelessness","slug":"namelessness"},{"displayForm":"timelessness","slug":"timelessness"},{"displayForm":"blamelessness","slug":"blamelessness"},{"displayForm":"noiselessness","slug":"noiselessness"},{"displayForm":"powerlessness","slug":"powerlessness"},{"displayForm":"voicelessness","slug":"voicelessness"},{"displayForm":"bootlessness","slug":"bootlessness"},{"displayForm":"carelessness","slug":"carelessness"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"homelessness"},"requestId":"V1KpJcThPTm8MRQx7pH8s","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

homelessness

Example Sentences

Related Words