squalid
adjective
foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
squalidity
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a word derived from
squalid.
Example Sentences
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Britain's New Realism, about as delicate as a cockney costermonger's anecdote, has been rated a "cult of squalidity" by some proper Britons, who think crockery should remain belowstairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every square foot of it is cultivated; nowhere the squalidity one sees among the farm-houses of this country.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher
The alphabet which writes the name of Thersites, blackguard, squalidity, refuses her letters for him.
From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by William Gannaway Brownlow
