Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underhoused

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-housed
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inadequately housed.

Example Sentences

"[B]ut greater Bombay almost doubles the number of overworked, underhoused and underfed citizens."

Etymology

From under- + housed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

more underhoused (comparative) most underhoused (superlative)

Questions

What does underhoused mean?: Inadequately housed.
Where does underhoused come from?: From under- + housed.

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