slummy
- adjective
- /ˈslʌmi/
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marginal
- The old factory was surrounded by slummy buildings that had fallen into disrepair.
The Great Recession, single family houses lost in good quality areas, not slummy areas where you get better cash flow.
- The Great Recession, single family houses lost in good quality areas, not slummy areas where you get better cash flow.
- Intoxicated by slummy New England proper nouns not used to long work hours.
Examples
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Wretched, slummy bedbug!
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The Great Recession, single family houses lost in good quality areas, not slummy areas where you get better cash flow.
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They moved from the upscale neighborhood to a slummy area where many houses were abandoned.
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After visiting the slummy parts of the city, she decided to volunteer with a local charity.
Synonyms
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6.7
Low quality and unpleasant
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6.1
Looking dirty and run down and often linked to crime
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7.1
Very dirty and unpleasant because of poverty or neglect
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5.8
An ugly, dirty place that looks like a garbage dump
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6.4
Poorly made and cheap so it breaks or wears quickly
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8.4
Looks dirty and unpleasant, often like a shabby room or shop
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5.6
Covered with a thin dirty film on the surface
Antonyms
How Run-down
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slummy comes from the simple word slum ('a poor, dirty area') plus the ending -y ('full of' or 'like'), so slummy means 'like a slum' — poor, dirty, or neglected.