Look up: slum

1. Slum
   A slum, as defined by United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the deve...
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2. slum
   [n] - a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions 2. [v] - visit slums for entertainment or out of curiosity
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3. slum
   a small, mean, or dilapidated cottage; a wretched dwelling Category: Building industry • an area of habitations and other buildings which, by their poor construction, lack of upkeep, unsanitary occupation, fall short of the human needs of comfort and hygiene and contribute to social inst...
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4. Slum
   Slum noun [ CF. Slump , noun ] 1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, We...
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5. Slum
   Slum intransitive verb To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. [ Colloq.]
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6. slum
   1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. ... 2. <chemical> Same as Slimes. ... Origin: CF. Slump. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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7. slum
   slum area noun a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
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8. Slum
   • (v. i.) To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. • (n.) Same as Slimes. • (n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in...
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9. slum
   (from the article `South Africa`) ...more-stringent controls, and a general sense of exclusion. Economic conditions in the reserves continued to deteriorate; the terms of tenancy ... ...of wealth and the meanness of poverty in sharp juxtaposition. Eventually the corruption and exploitation of the era gave rise to the Progressive ... ...
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10. Slum
    Slum was old slang for a room.
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11. Slum
    Slum was old slang for a room.
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12. Slum
    small cheap stock
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