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squalid

[ skwol-id, skwaw-lid ]

adjective

  1. foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.

    Synonyms:

  2. wretched; miserable; degraded; sordid.


squalid

/ 藞skw蓲l瑟d; skw蓲藞l瑟d瑟t瑟 /

adjective

  1. dirty and repulsive, esp as a result of neglect or poverty
  2. sordid
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • squalidity, noun
  • 藞蝉辩耻补濒颈诲濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉辩耻补濒顎僫诲路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉辩耻补濒顎僫诲路苍别蝉蝉 蝉辩耻补路濒颈诲路颈路迟测 [skwo-, lid, -i-tee], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of squalid1

1585鈥95; < Latin 蝉辩耻腻濒颈诲耻蝉 dirty, equivalent to 蝉辩耻腻濒 ( 脓谤别 ) to be dirty, encrusted + -idus -id 4
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of squalid1

C16: from Latin 蝉辩耻腻濒颈诲耻蝉, from 蝉辩耻腻濒脓谤别 to be stiff with dirt
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It is considered 鈥渙ne of the most dangerous prisons in the Western Hemisphere鈥 with 鈥渟ome of the most inhumane and squalid conditions known in any carceral system.鈥

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The state鈥檚 regional jails have come under scrutiny for squalid conditions, excessive use of force and record numbers of deaths.

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The truth is, however, that the squalid nature of this transaction was always self-evident.

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His memoir, published in 2009, recalled growing up in often squalid conditions as his father sought to evade international intelligence agencies.

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The facility, which has housed inmates including R. Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 associate Ghislaine Maxwell, has a history of violence and squalid conditions.

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