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underhoused

American  
[uhn-der-houzd] / ˌʌn dərˈhaʊzd /

adjective

  1. (of persons) having inadequate or poor housing. house.

  2. (of a community or area) not having enough dwellings.

Etymology

Origin of underhoused

under- + house + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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The San Francisco Chronicle took home the top prize for Public Service Journalism for Joaquin Palomino and Trisha Thadani’s reporting on the disastrous state of the shelter system for underhoused Californians.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

Government files contain reports on the miseries of Lota�its mine galleries reaching out under the sea, its underhoused town, its undernourished children.

From Time Magazine Archive

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