SLUM vs SLUMMY: NOUN
- A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor.
- In metallurgy, same as slime, 3: chiefly in the plural.
- A dirty back street of a city, especially such a street inhabited by a squalid and criminal population; a low and dangerous neighborhood: chiefly in the plural: as, the slums of Whitechapel and Westminster in London.
- A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
- Same as Slimes.
- A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
- 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.
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SLUM vs SLUMMY: ADJECTIVE
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- Like a slum. Run down, dirty, decrepit.
- (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty
SLUM vs SLUMMY: VERB
- To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
- To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
- Spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
- Visit slums for entertainment or out of curiosity
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SLUM vs SLUMMY: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement.
- To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. Also called go slumming.
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SLUM vs SLUMMY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To keep to back streets.
- To visit the slums of a city, often from mere curiosity or as a diversion.
- (idiom) (slum it) To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to.
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SLUM vs SLUMMY: RELATED WORDS
- Indiscriminate, Neighbourhood, Hellhole, Hovel, Squatter, Ghetto, Neighborhood, Barrios, Barrio, Shanty, Favela, Shantytown, Slum area, Poor, Slummy
- Scummy, Scruffy, Unkempt, Decrepit, Frowsy, Grungy, Unlovely, Characterless, Insalubrious, Grimy, Squalid, Ramshackle, Seedy, Poor, Slum
SLUM vs SLUMMY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Random, Dump, Mess, Hill, Indiscriminate, Neighbourhood, Hovel, Squatter, Ghetto, Neighborhood, Barrio, Shanty, Shantytown, Poor, Slummy
- Scummy, Scruffy, Unkempt, Decrepit, Frowsy, Grungy, Unlovely, Characterless, Insalubrious, Grimy, Squalid, Ramshackle, Seedy, Poor, Slum
SLUM vs SLUMMY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Slum dwellers face some distinctive patterns of vulnerability.
- Is HUD encouraging landlords to become Slum Lords?
- Big help to slum dwellers and also architects.
- III, Mahim and Naya Nagar Slum Area, Nr.
- Rail Enthusiasts cleanliness of the slum with arrival.
- Most of the city is now a SLUM!
- Approach to Citywide Slum Upgrading and A Training Module for Designing and Implementing Citywide Slum Upgrading.
- Slum Rehabilitation Authority set up by the Department of Housing for providing affordable housing and slum rehabilitation in the region.
- Some other modifications, also introduced to the Slum Act, will further ensure enhancement of the slum redevelopment footprint in the commercial capital.
- Raghunath Nagar Slum, Suka Vihar Slum, Satyanagar Pvt.
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SLUM vs SLUMMY: QUESTIONS
- What is the government doing for Dharavi slum dwellers?
- How often should NMC notify slum areas for construction?
- What is integrated housing & slum development programme (ihsdp)?
- When did Charlottesville demolish a black neighborhood slum?
- What is the objective of Slum Rehabilitation Scheme?
- Should developers be involved in slum rehabilitation projects?
- Why are slum dwellers marginalised by their communities?
- What are the slum rehabilitation schemes in Mumbai?
- What happened to Deptford after the slum clearances?
- Are slum residents vulnerable to political insecurity?
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