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squalid
adjective as in poor, run-down
Example Sentences
His memoir, published in 2009, recalled growing up in often squalid conditions as his father sought to evade international intelligence agencies.
The facility, which has housed inmates including R. Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, has a history of violence and squalid conditions.
The facility, which has housed inmates including R. Kelly, Michael Cohen and Jeffrey Epstein, has a history of violence and squalid conditions.
A Times investigation last year found that many of the foundation’s more than 1,300 residents live in squalid conditions with dozens under the threat of eviction.
Some 1,200 inmates were described as sharing "squalid, dirty and cramped" living conditions, in "crumbling" cells built for single occupancy in 1851.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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