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Definition of slumlike in English: slumlikeadjectiveˈslʌmlʌɪkˈsləmˌlaɪk (of a place) squalid and overcrowded. the hardships of the poor dwelling in slumlike conditions Example sentencesExamples - On a drive into the capital city, one cannot help but notice slum-like settlements.
- The $150 million project, aimed at improving slumlike housing projects, signals a new approach to housing the poor in Yonkers.
- It will condemn countless children to further years in often slum like school conditions.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took up residence there during his 1966 campaign for fair housing, to highlight the slum-like conditions produced by poverty, unemployment and racism.
- The city is divided into eight sections ranging from slum-like to plush.
- Authorities began demolishing their slum-like makeshift camps on Sunday.
- It has filthy, slumlike outlying areas that appear to expand annually in a haphazard manner.
- I was amazed that a literal wall of jungle segregated the luxurious, landscaped, and ordered spaces of tourists from the slumlike living conditions of the workers.
- Once a deprived, slum like area, the Sydney suburb of Paddington is now among the city's most affluent.
- They have been corralled off in a small, slum-like corner of the city.
- The landlords had neglected the upkeep a few years back and it had got a bit slum like.
Synonyms dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, slum-like, foul, vile, low, poor, sorry, wretched, dismal, dingy, miserable, mean, nasty, seedy, shabby, sordid, sleazy, insalubrious, slovenly, repulsive, disgusting
Definition of slumlike in US English: slumlikeadjectiveˈsləmˌlaɪkˈsləmˌlīk (of a place) squalid and overcrowded. the hardships of the poor dwelling in slumlike conditions Example sentencesExamples - Authorities began demolishing their slum-like makeshift camps on Sunday.
- The $150 million project, aimed at improving slumlike housing projects, signals a new approach to housing the poor in Yonkers.
- I was amazed that a literal wall of jungle segregated the luxurious, landscaped, and ordered spaces of tourists from the slumlike living conditions of the workers.
- The city is divided into eight sections ranging from slum-like to plush.
- On a drive into the capital city, one cannot help but notice slum-like settlements.
- It has filthy, slumlike outlying areas that appear to expand annually in a haphazard manner.
- Once a deprived, slum like area, the Sydney suburb of Paddington is now among the city's most affluent.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took up residence there during his 1966 campaign for fair housing, to highlight the slum-like conditions produced by poverty, unemployment and racism.
- It will condemn countless children to further years in often slum like school conditions.
- They have been corralled off in a small, slum-like corner of the city.
- The landlords had neglected the upkeep a few years back and it had got a bit slum like.
Synonyms dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, slum-like, foul, vile, low, poor, sorry, wretched, dismal, dingy, miserable, mean, nasty, seedy, shabby, sordid, sleazy, insalubrious, slovenly, repulsive, disgusting
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