slumlike

English

Etymology

slum +‎ -like

Adjective

slumlike (comparative more slumlike, superlative most slumlike)

  1. Resembling a slum; squalid.
    • 2009 June 6, Brooks Barnes, “Lord of ‘Rings’ to Pay First Visit to Comic-Con”, in New York Times‎:
      “District 9,” starring a cast of unknowns, is about an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slumlike conditions on Earth.
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