Definition of Slum

a poor area of a city where the living conditions are really bad, and the houses are falling apart

Examples of Slum in a sentence

Deep in the slum, the people were living in terrible poverty in shacks that were barely standing.  🔊

The city slum was filthy and overpopulated, with most of the people living on top of each other in tenant houses.  🔊

Living in a New York City slum, the beggar spent most of his days in the dirty streets scrounging for food.  🔊

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