slum

IPA: sɫˈʌm

(countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
(slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
(slang) Slumgullion; a meat-based stew.
(UK, obsolete, slang) Nonsense; humbug.

Examples of "slum" in Sentences

He is going to the slum to find Charlie.
The slum is located at the steepest city.
Kibera is the third largest slum in the world.
In the series, Chino is depicted as a dreary slum.
The slum is one of the dirtiest places in the city.
The rich brats will live in the slums with their buddy.
She continues to live in a makeshift shack in the slums.
Prince Charles: Dharavi slum is a model for sustainable living
St.Pancras was an unprepossessing district, with notorious slums.
The area is one of the slum areas of the city and suffers from poverty.
The rich brats live in the slums and try to fulfil their slum buddie's dreams.
Built for 500,000 people originally, Brasilia soon outgrew its urban plan, housing residents in slum-like satellite cities.
On the other hand, a good portion of the population seems to live in slum-like conditions and will for the foreseeable future.
The big expensive house where the rich live, surrounded by walls, with people living in slum-like conditions outside those walls.
In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme that bulldozed major shanty towns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people.