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
They are often banned from visiting temples and forced to live apart from higher-caste communities, often in squalor and farther from access to services.
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Esha Mitra, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
The writer-director revisits an idea that worked well in his screenplay for 2002’s Chicago — paralleling squalor and splendor, with central characters stuck in grim reality seeking escape through Golden Age Hollywood musical fantasy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Bryant was arrested on Friday after sheriff's deputies found three of her children living in squalor in a condominium.
—Gina Kaufman, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Residents of the building, which is owned by an affiliate of CBZ Management, all moved out by Tuesday under a closure order, but, until then, many had laid their heads to sleep in squalor.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
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Esha Mitra, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
The writer-director revisits an idea that worked well in his screenplay for 2002’s Chicago — paralleling squalor and splendor, with central characters stuck in grim reality seeking escape through Golden Age Hollywood musical fantasy.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Bryant was arrested on Friday after sheriff's deputies found three of her children living in squalor in a condominium.
—Gina Kaufman, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Residents of the building, which is owned by an affiliate of CBZ Management, all moved out by Tuesday under a closure order, but, until then, many had laid their heads to sleep in squalor.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squalor
dinge
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An earnest, has-a-costume-for-everything kind of guy, Daub is allergic to the greige and the dinge.—
Sandra Upson,
Wired,
18 Jan. 2021
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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.—
Michael Nedelman,
CNN,
1 June 2017
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“Squalor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squalor. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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