slum
noun
Often slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
slums
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pluralof slum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof slum (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
slumnounOften slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
Example Sentences
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When Karen Bass was first elected to the California state Assembly in 2004, Nithya Raman was halfway across the world, fresh out of college and working in the slums of Delhi, India.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
He left a peerless catalogue of songs articulating the life of working class Irish immigrants, with tales of finding love in the slums littered with references to literature, mythology and the Bible.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Nubi proposes "gentrification" that upgrades slums like Makoko without displacing residents.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Mr. Mamdani knows full well that rent restrictions produce slums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
“The city, the castle, the slums, the river.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
