microapartment en · NOUN
Etymology
From micro- + apartment.
Meanings
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A small, affordable apartment.
While there’s no reliable data on micro-housing, some notable policies and projects are popping up on that front too. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg waived the city’s zoning standards to allow micro-apartments.
2016 December 28, Dan Hernandez, “Is an even smaller New York apartment the key to sustainable living?”, in The Guardian:Another big player in this sector is the London-based developer Inspired Asset Management, which has created hundreds of “micro-apartments”, many of them located in Croydon, south London.
2017 February 11, Rupert Jones, “Welcome to rabbit-hutch Britain, land of the ever-shrinking home”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| microapartments | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| micro-apartment | alternative | lexicographic |