Dirty and Slum

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Dirty adjective - Not clean.

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Slum and dirty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slum" instead an adjective "Dirty".

Nearby Words: dirt, dirtiness, dirtying, dirtily

Slum noun - A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

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Dirty and slum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dirty" instead an adjective "Slum".

The outer city is a poor, dirty, crowded slum inhabited mostly by refugees and foreigners.

Source: Literature / City Of Light
As a consequence, there's no sunlight, and most of it appears a dirty, dingy slum, cut off from the rest of the world, and it is constantly under attack (either by force or brainwashing) from Kane's forces.

Source: A World Half Full aka: World Half Full
Because A: it used to be a beautiful Colonial country lane line with rosebushes and is now a dirty slum, and B: all of the people living in it are dirty non-WASP immigrants ungratefully plotting revolution against America for taking them in... at least, so the narration says they are.

Source: Esoteric Happy Ending

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