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squalid
adjective as in poor, run-down
Example Sentences
Before it was removed, residents say the squalid encampment had developed into a community.
A 2017 study in Maharashtra found them squeezed into squalid shared rooms, with little sanitation, often facing discrimination at work and in clinics.
A class-action lawsuit seeks to end Riverside County’s use of a cash bail system to detain people awaiting trial, alleging high death rates and squalid conditions in the county jails.
Citing the "squalid" and "inhumane" conditions faced by Palestinians, he urged Israel to immediately allow the unimpeded passage of sufficient aid.
Police and social service providers routinely sent homeless people from throughout the city and county to the squalid downtown neighborhood.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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