squalid conditions
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsqualidandcondition
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squalid
adjective
uk/ˈskwɒl.ɪd/us/ˈskwɑː.lɪd/
disapproving
(of places) extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack ...
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condition
noun
uk/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofsqualidandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If, in contrast, prisoners are made to live in squalid conditions of solitary confinement, then the punishment is arguably too severe.
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By creating squalid conditions for their people, they are encouraging the sense of underclass which underpins their political support.
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I do not know which is worse, to have to live in a slum or in over-crowded squalid conditions.
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The result was that these unfortunate people had to live in poverty and squalid conditions.
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I estimate that about 50,000 claimants are likely to be affected by the proposals and forced to live in dangerous and squalid conditions.
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Thousands of our citizens are homeless or are living in dirty, squalid conditions.
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No nation living in squalid conditions is going to be a happy nation.
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People are often obliged to live in damp, squalid conditions, and that can have an enormous effect on family life.
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If no further resources are forthcoming, the children will have to continue to be educated in the most squalid conditions.
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Many of the puppies advertised start their lives in large-scale, unlicensed puppy farms in squalid conditions.
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One may be living in squalid conditions, but one still gets exempted from the tax.
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Bad housing and squalid conditions, through their psychological effect, are a ready source of crime and moral decline generally.
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They are mainly single people who are destined to end up sleeping rough or living in squalid conditions in multi-occupied properties.
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Meanwhile, millions of families in all sectors will be forced to continue to live in ever more intolerable and squalid conditions.
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In addition, squalid conditions of living are great incentives to drunkenness.
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He will charge the earth for squalid conditions.
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Is he saying that tenants will pay a high price for the squalid conditions of their home?
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No one needs to be a genius to know that living in squalid conditions worsens health.
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There was concern that officers felt intimidated and were not able to prevent squalid conditions from being created by some prisoners.
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Just as squalid streets and squalid housing conditions increase the level of violence in our society, so do squalid conditions at football clubs.
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