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squalor
squal·or [ skwóllər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. shabbiness: shabbiness and dirtiness resulting from poverty or neglect
2. moral degradation: a state of moral degradation
[Early 17th century. < Latin, "dirtiness, roughness" < squalere (see squalid)]
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