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Squalid

/skwˈɑləd/
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(adj) Extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

Investigators were appalled by the squalid conditions in the cellar.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The refugees lived in ____ conditions without basic sanitation.

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