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slummier

slummier is the comparative form of slummy.

Meaning of slummy

Adjective

slummy (comparative slummier, superlative slummiest)

  1. Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
    • Cars and unemployment increased. Council houses took on a slummier look.2003, Alasdair Gray, “Miss Kincaid's Autumn”, in Every Short Story, Canongate, published 2012, page 745

Questions about slummier

What is slummier the comparative form of?
Slummier is the comparative form of slummy.

Words near slummier in the dictionary

  1. slumlords
  2. slummed
  3. slummed it
  4. slummer
  5. slummers
  6. slummier
  7. slummiest
  8. slummification
  9. slumminess
  10. slumming
  11. slumming it

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