The phrase
"slum areas" refers to poor and overcrowded parts of a city or town where the living conditions are very difficult.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«slum»
«areas»
Sentences with «slum areas»
- In the London of 1878, William and Catherine Booth, ex-Methodists, organized a religious group along the lines of an army in order to fight for the souls of the downtrodden in slum areas. (religion-online.org)
- Slum areas subject those who are trapped there (usually because they are members of a ghettoed minority group) to severe stresses which erode their self - esteem and spawn all manner of social problems. (religion-online.org)
- Telling its story of friendship and love amongst the artists, junkies, and HIV - infected population of an East Village slum area, this remake into a film has been criticised for being irrelevant to modern society, a criticism that is only partly fair. (hoopla.nu)
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