Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)A dilapidated area of a city where many people live in a state of poverty and in which crime is more common than in other portions of the city.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. This is the worst hotel in town.

    Це найгірший у місті готель. — deniko

    ruЭто худший отель в городе. — odexed

    deDas ist das schlechteste Hotel in der Stadt. — Espi

  2. Tom has a very bad reputation around town.

    deTom ist in der Stadt sehr übel beleumundet. — raggione

  3. Tom lives in a bad part of town.

    ruТом живёт в плохом районе города. — alik_farber

    deTom wohnt in keinem guten Stadtviertel. — raggione

  4. Tom lives in the bad part of town.

    deTom wohnt in keinem guten Stadtviertel. — raggione

  5. Tom lives in the worst part of town.

    ruТом живёт в худшей части города. — odexed

Forms

plural: bad parts of town
Singularbad part of town
Pluralbad parts of town

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Word family

1 related words
Relatedslum

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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