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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The Pontiac, Michigan, woman who is accused of abandoning her three children to live in squalor for years was charged Wednesday with felony child abuse.
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
The lake is bracketed by opulent Palm Springs to the north and the arty squalor of Slab City to the south, home to about 150 full-time residents but temporary home to as many as 4,000 in the winter.
—Dennis Hinkamp, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
Bailey looked out at the landscape again, thinking about El Naga’s description, the squalor of the NCI, the fractures between the United States and the Middle East.
—Sushrut Jangi, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2014
Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
The lake is bracketed by opulent Palm Springs to the north and the arty squalor of Slab City to the south, home to about 150 full-time residents but temporary home to as many as 4,000 in the winter.
—Dennis Hinkamp, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
Bailey looked out at the landscape again, thinking about El Naga’s description, the squalor of the NCI, the fractures between the United States and the Middle East.
—Sushrut Jangi, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2014
Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Squalor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squalor. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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