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slum
/ˈslʌm/
noun
A crowded, poor area with bad housing.
- “Millions of people in the region live in slums.”Toofey
- “Water for washing is less readily available in poor rural areas and urban slums.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))