Vocabulary
Squalid
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.
Urdu meaning
گھٹیا، بدعنوان، پست
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Strand foresaw perhaps the recent publication of memoirs by a former bureaucrat, responsible in the 1990s for the ingenious yellow cab and yellow tractor schemes, and later the squalid birth of the IPPs.
- For example, there has been no satisfactory resolution of the Rohingya`s plight, as this stateless population continues to live in squalid refugee camps.
- Conditions in detention centres are reportedly squalid, while many women migrants said they were sexually assaulted by smugglers and other migrants.
- Conditions in detention centres are reportedly squalid, while many women migrants said they were sexually assaulted by smugglers and other migrants.
Synonyms
dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, slumlike, foul, vile, low, poor, sorry
Curator example
“the squalid, overcrowded prison”
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