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slumminess

slumminess noun: the quality of being slummy.

Noun

slumminess (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being slummy.
    • And when the job is done and the inhabitants are settled in their shined-up, painted-up and plumbered-up dwellings, it will be interesting and important to see what percentage of these places is kept by their occupants in that condition, and what percentage is allowed to sag swiftly back to...1965 February 4, “Block of Hope”, in Daily News, volume 46, number 192, New York, N.Y.: News Syndicate Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1

Forms of slumminess

alternative formsluminess

Origin of slumminess

From slummy + -ness.

Questions about slumminess

What does slumminess mean?
Slumminess means the quality of being slummy.
What part of speech is slumminess?
Slumminess is a noun.

Words near slumminess in the dictionary

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

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