as in staining
very bad and dirty conditions
The family was living in squalor. I was shocked by the squalor of their surroundings.
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Recent Examples of squalor
But their living situation could fairly be described as squalor.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
But does the vitality mask the squalor or the squalor the vitality?
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Spin Team,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
And while these tenants paid their rent month after month, some of them up to $900 a month to live in squalor.
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Nikki Dementri,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
After its seemingly benign opening, the movie captures the appalling conditions under which the inmates are kept, with unblinking scenes of bullying, force feeding, strip searches and squalor.
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Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for squalor
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
But does the vitality mask the squalor or the squalor the vitality?
—
Spin Team,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
And while these tenants paid their rent month after month, some of them up to $900 a month to live in squalor.
—
Nikki Dementri,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
After its seemingly benign opening, the movie captures the appalling conditions under which the inmates are kept, with unblinking scenes of bullying, force feeding, strip searches and squalor.
—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for squalor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squalor
Noun
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However, if the staining is heavy or set-in, use 1/4 cup of powder per gallon of water.
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To further prevent obvious staining, choose darker flooring that won't show mud and dirt as easily.
Noun
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An earnest, has-a-costume-for-everything kind of guy, Daub is allergic to the greige and the dinge.
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Dinges said the two crewmembers whose sleep remained steady -- even in the absence of conventional daylight -- were those who kept to a strict schedule and found other ways to control their biological clocks.
Noun
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That’s the dirtiness of rugs and pulling.
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For a young team learning to stick up for each other, Mangiapane brings a needed dirtiness to the Hawks.
Noun
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Fennell continues to have a gift for exposing the sordidness of money and power.
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Neither Eliot nor Jules suspected anything, and the ease of the deception added to its pleasing sordidness.
Noun
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Alcock’s scrappy characterization, tempering Kara’s jaded toughness and chaotic messiness with an increasingly strong sense of justice, would seem an ideal fit to continue in a similar vein.
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Training data for robots is slow, physical, and expensive, often requiring human teleoperation or imperfect simulations that struggle with real-world messiness.
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“Squalor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squalor. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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