Slum-ridden
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Full of slums.
"Pearson's first idea, set out in 1839, was for a railway in a wide, covered-over cutting. It would connect a giant half-underground station at Farringdon with stations all over England. [...] The appeal of Farringdon was that this slum-ridden area was being redeveloped by Pearson's new employers, the Corporation of London."
Example
More examples"Pearson's first idea, set out in 1839, was for a railway in a wide, covered-over cutting. It would connect a giant half-underground station at Farringdon with stations all over England. [...] The appeal of Farringdon was that this slum-ridden area was being redeveloped by Pearson's new employers, the Corporation of London."
Etymology
From slum + -ridden.
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