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slum

(slŭm)

n. often slums

A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor: grew up in a slum near downtown; lived in the slums by the river.

intr.v. slummed, slum·ming, slums

To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement.

Idiom:

slum it

To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to.

[Origin unknown.]

slum′mer n.

slum′my adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

slum•my

(ˈslʌm i)

adj. -mi•er, -mi•est.

being or resembling a slum.

[1855–60]

slum′mi•ness, n.

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Adj.

slummy - (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty; "a slummy part of town"; "slum conditions"

poor - characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"

Translations

slummimainen

slummy

[ˈslʌmɪ] ADJ → muy pobre, sórdido

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slummy

adj (+er) (inf) → verwahrlost; slummy district → Slumgegend f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

slummy

[ˈslʌmɪ] adj (buildings) → povero/a, squallido/a; (appearance) → misero/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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