slums

Synonyms

hovel ghetto slum central city barrio skid row inner city shantytown slumming

Phrases with the word

clearing of urban slums rebuilding of urban slums redevelopment of urban slums ramshackle slums visiting slums

Examples

A few meters ahead, in the slums of Basai Darapur, many daily wage labourers were seen waiting for their employers to give them money, which has been due for sometime. Source: Internet

A church built for 2,000 Italian immigrants in the area known as the Saffron Hill slums. Source: Internet

An architectural wonder perched high above the slums of Seoul, with views not of urinating drunks but of luxurious lawns and starlit skies, this wealthy house is everything the Kims’ pokey dwelling is not: elegant, angular and weirdly isolated. Source: Internet

As populations expand in poorer countries, rural people are flocking to cities in an extensive urban migration that is resulting in the creation of massive shanty towns and slums. Source: Internet

• Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blighting conditions. Source: Internet

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces a huge relief package to jumpstart the economy, the outbreak in the financial center of Mumbai and elsewhere is starting to overwhelm hospitals, prisons and slums, complicating any recovery plan. Source: Internet