slum
ਝੁੱਗੀ
definition
verb
rich tourists slumming among the quaintly dangerous natives
spend time at a lower social level than one's own through curiosity or for charitable purposes.
noun
However, there is still a large segment of the population which lives in urban slums and poor rural areas without electricity or running water.
a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
example
It is like an inner-city 'slum' and the street cleaning leaves a lot to be desired.
As part of the activities of the trust we have started free classes for girl students from local government schools from a nearby 'slum' who come from poor families.
Begun in April 2003, it is a non-profit organisation with a mission to unleash the potential of the 'slum' , street and orphaned children of urban India.
he moved from a two-room 'slum' into a local authority house
'slum' areas
But ironically the former 'slum' houses are now sought-after properties following regeneration and the flats have become increasingly unpopular with residents.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
Blunkett's conclusion was that ‘if you live in a 'slum' in a high-rise building and you are on your own with three children, the idea of liberty and freedom means nothing’.
Its control of poor 'slum' areas and inner cities resulted from the chaos that was brought about by the occupation; it was not itself the cause of the chaos.
As you can see, the Red Party has a lot of natural support in inner city 'slum' areas like this.
It made my dorm building look like a 'slum' , that was for sure.
the area was fast becoming a 'slum' for the destitute
'slum' dwellers
She ended up living and working with Hong Kong's most despised and poorest inhabitants in a 'slum' known as the Walled City.
businessmen are having to 'slum' it in aircraft economy class seats
The appalling social situation in Iran has been highlighted by recent reports of protest marches in working class urban areas and 'slum' districts.
The best home the family of seven can afford is this wood shack in a 'slum' .
There is also a primary school at the premises run by the committee for the poor and 'slum' dwellers in the locality.
I think that we will live here for maybe 12 months and then move elsewhere leaving the house as a 'slum' and make a start again a little further down the road.
As recent experience has shown, what it does do is increase the gap between rich and poor, pulling vast numbers of people away from the land into squalid urban 'slums' .
The area had been urban renewed into 'slumminess' and the old buildings were gone but when they existed they apparently did, in fact, front on the alley.
Have we got priorities right - or are we 'slumming it' in the name of some spurious vocationalism or management theory?
Sources close to the Kennilworth Road club have suggested Valois' real motivation for 'slumming it' was financial.
The plague was only finally brought under control in 1666 when the Great Fire of London burned down the areas most affected by plague - the city 'slums' inhabited by the poor.
The wealthy aren't invited, since nobody wants it thrown out of whack by a bunch of elegant 'slummers' .
What was leisurely at the start of the day, though, would become a 'slummy' , sweaty, altogether unflattering affair in the Sacramento sun.
This magazine isn't for the New Yorker, it's for the 'slummer' .
The British screen icon out-acts everyone and still comes off like a good sport while 'slumming it' in a pea-brained movie.
Or we will end up building mansions in the midst of 'slums' ."
When I went 'slumming' like this, I wanted to cruise the bad slums.
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