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slum

Syllabification: (slum)

Pronunciation: /sləm/

Definition of slum

a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
a house or building unfit for human habitation.

[no object] informal

spend time at a lower social level than one’s own through curiosity or for charitable purposes:rich tourists slumming among the quaintly dangerous natives
(slum it) put up with conditions that are less comfortable or of a lower quality than one is used to:businessmen are having to slum it in aircraft economy class seats

Derivatives

early 19th century (originally slang, in the sense 'room'): of unknown origin

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