SLUM

Slum

A slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing and squalor. While slums differ in size and other characteristics from country to country, most lack reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, timely law enforcement and other basic services. Slum residences vary from shanty to poorly built, deteriorated buildings.

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slum

Noun

  1. A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

Verb

  1. To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
  2. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.


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