squalid

IPA: skwˈɑɫʌd

noun

  • (zoology) Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.

adjective

  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
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Examples of "squalid" in Sentences

  • Their room is squalid and dirty.
  • Anthony lives in a squalid apartment.
  • They live a life of squalid misery and unhappiness.
  • Meanwhile, living standards were generally squalid.
  • Detroit was not, a city of squalid tenements in 1967.
  • Both sides are squalid and home to class distinctions.
  • Fiction has its glories, but concealment is merely squalid.
  • Typhus is associated with squalid conditions not lack of food.
  • After Lisa's death, Mitchell was discovered in squalid conditions.
  • From the 1930s to the 1940s many people lived in squalid conditions.

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