slum_area has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

Synonyms

slum

Used in print

(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)

Located in a bad slum_area now undergoing redevelopment , this school and its program are especially tailored to the vocational aims of its students .

Hardly_a window has been broken since Dunbar first was opened ( and vandalism in schools is a major problem in many slum_areas ) .

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