squalid
/ˈskwɑlɪd/
adjective
- Extremely dirty, unpleasant, and often neglected, especially because of poverty or lack of care.
- The refugees were living in squalid conditions in the overcrowded camp.
- The landlord was fined for allowing the apartment to become so squalid.
- They found the abandoned house squalid, with trash piled up in every room.
- Morally low, dishonest, or shameful.
- It was a squalid little scheme to cheat the elderly out of their savings.
- The politician's squalid dealings with lobbyists were exposed in the newspaper.
- The movie tells the squalid story of a family torn apart by greed.