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squalor
[ skwol-er, skwaw-ler ]
squalor
/ ˈskwɒlə /
noun
- the condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of squalor1
Example Sentences
“There is nothing compassionate about letting these individuals live in filth and squalor, rather than getting them the help that they need.”
The family had been living in squalor, surrounded by rubbish and human excrement, before the tragedy, the trial had heard.
“It’s not compassionate to let people live in squalor just because they want to,” he said.
Victim A, who was in his fifties, was kept in squalor by the Rooney family on a travellers’ site in Lincolnshire, while they lived a life of luxury.
Kamungo isn’t the first soccer standout, or even the first potential Olympian, to emerge from the monotony, squalor and desperation of a refugee camp.
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