squalor
IPA: skwˈɑɫɝ
noun
- Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
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Examples of "squalor" in Sentences
- The women live in complete squalor.
- Were they living in their own filth or in squalor
- They end up living in squalor in a drafty London garret.
- I have seen much worse poverty and squalor in Appalachia.
- Over a million and a half people died in squalor and despair.
- They live in filth and squalor and their feet are sandal shod.
- Enlarge Image Residents march to protect their beloved, execrable squalor.
- They had to endure poverty and squalor in the Victorian slums of Manchester.
- From the earliest days, the market had a reputation for squalor and immorality.
- Although there are folks who do just that Lakeside and it is not in squalor, that is a bit dated.
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